🏛️ Site archéologique à Saint-Romain-en-Gal
Roman city of Vienna, second largest in ancient Gaul
📋 Fast Facts
- Location: Saint-Romain-en-Gal, near Vienne, France
- Period: 2nd century BC–Roman era; excavations since 1960s
- Significance: Remains of Vienna, second-most important city in Roman Gaul after Lugdunum (Lyon)
- Museum: Musée gallo-romain de Saint-Romain-en-Gal on-site with artifacts, mosaics, sculptures, pottery, and coins
The Site archéologique de Saint-Romain-en-Gal preserves the extensive remains of Vienna, an ancient Roman city in Gaul. Founded by the Allobroges in the 2nd century BC and conquered by Rome in 121 BC, Vienna became a major administrative, commercial, and religious center. Systematic excavations beginning in the 1960s have revealed structures spanning domestic, commercial, public, and religious life in the ancient city ...