🏛️ Tombeaux romains de Trion à Lyon
Five Roman mausoleums from the 1st century AD
📋 Fast Facts
- Five well-preserved Roman mausoleums dating to the 1st century AD
- Discovered in 1885 during railway construction
- Located in Lyon's 5th arrondissement, along an ancient Roman road
- Classified as Monuments Historiques by the French Ministry of Culture
The Tombeaux romains de Trion are a group of five ancient Roman mausoleums located in Lyon, France. Discovered in 1885 during railway construction work, they represent typical funerary architecture from the 1st century AD and are now officially classified as Monuments Historiques. The tombs line what was once an important road leading out of Lugdunum, the Roman name for Lyon, reflecting the common practice of siting burials outside city walls ...