ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MUSEUM OF MONTMAURIN

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Tour of the largest Gallo-Roman villa excavated in France. The museum is temporarily closed.

Covid-19 notice: Museum self-tour for the villa Lasalles, 2 commented visits per day, no groups visits this summer. The ticket office is on site without fixed hours or reservation needed. Facemask is mandatory from 11 years old onwards. From the villa built near the middle of the 1st Century of our time, modified in the 3rd and 4th Centuries, it remains some ruins of the vestibule, the temple, nymphs, some of the living areas and several courtyards. Gallo-Roman villa: the Urbana part (largest villa excavated from the ground in France). Museum made up of 3 exhibition rooms (located in the village centre). Permanent exhibition: vestiges excavated from the Gallo-Roman villa of Montmaurin. 1 pre-historic room. The musem part of the visit is temporarily closed due to the former presbytery renovation in a "Centre d'interprétation territorial" presenting the natural and the archaeological heritage (prehistoric times and gallo-roman) of Montmaurin. The opening of this centre is scheduled for June 2019. This investment is initiated by the National Museum Centre, managing a hundred monuments in France, 11 in Occitanie including Montmaurin.

Centre des Monuments Nationaux.

All year round, Montmaurin's archaeological sites and museum take you back in time to discover prehistoric man and the Gallo-Romans, with visits to the Gallo-Roman villas of Lassalles and la Hillère and the archaeological museum.

The museum, located in the centre of the village, has 3 permanent exhibition rooms with a modern, educational museography. It displays objects unearthed from the Gallo-Roman villa at Lassalles and La Hillère, as well as those found in prehistoric caves and rock shelters in the surrounding area: the skeleton of a cave lion, carved stones, the mandible of early man and, of course, a facsimile of the famous Lespugue Venus.

At the Lassalles site, visitors will discover living quarters, several courtyards, columns and veneers of Pyrenean marble, as well as sublime mosaics with complex geometric motifs dating from the 4th century AD.

You can also visit the ancient site of La Hillère and the Notre-Dame chapel, which houses several mosaics. For information on opening times and conditions, visit the monument's website at www.montmaurin-archeo.fr or call 05.61.88.39.94.