About
About Entremont (oppidum)
6-acre) archaeological site three kilometres from Aix-en-Provence at the extreme south of the Puyricard plateau. In antiquity, the oppidum at Entremont was the capital of the Celtic-Ligurian confederation of Salyes. ). C. and replaced by Aquae Sextiae (modern Aix-en-Provence), a new Roman city founded at the foot of the plateau. , the former oppidum was completely uninhabited. The site contains two distinct areas of settlement surrounded by ramparts.
Archaeologist Fernand Benoit named the older area, on the summit, "Ville Haute", and the lower "Ville Basse". Subsequently, it was recognised that the latter was an enlargement of the former, and they are now labelled "Habitat 1" and "Habitat 2", respectively.
History
How it came to be
- Excavation
- Not applicable
Location
Where it is
43.5522° N · 5.4392° E
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