🏛️ Cosedia-Alauna
Gallo-Roman settlement ruins in Normandy
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Valognes, Manche département, Normandy, France
- Period: 1st–3rd centuries CE
- Type: Gallo-Roman urban settlement with temple and commercial structures
- Status: Partially excavated archaeological site; remains visible but limited visitor infrastructure
Cosedia-Alauna was a modest but strategically positioned Gallo-Roman settlement in what is now Normandy, occupied primarily during the first three centuries of the Common Era. The site lay along an important road network connecting the Channel coast to inland Gaul, serving as a minor administrative and commercial hub during the Roman occupation of France. Archaeological excavations have revealed the foundations of domestic structures, a sanctuary or temple building, and pottery workshops ...