🏛️ Borne frontière romaine dite Fines à Cordon
Roman boundary stone in the Alpine foothills
📋 Fast Facts
- Located at Col de Jaillet, Cordon, Haute-Savoie, France
- Dating to the Ancient Roman period
- Classified as a Monument Historique since 1971
- Marks a territorial boundary within the Roman Empire
The Borne frontière romaine dite Fines à Cordon is a boundary stone from the Roman period positioned at the Col de Jaillet mountain pass in Haute-Savoie. The marker likely demarcated a provincial or administrative boundary within the Roman Empire, serving as a physical assertion of territorial control. Its survival to the present day and official classification as a Monument Historique reflect its archaeological and historical value as evidence of Roman administrative practice ...