Oppidum Saint Blaise

Surrounded by medieval tombs, it is preceded by the foundations of an 11th century church. It occupies the site of the city of Castelveyre. The long wall, built in 1231 to protect it, now encloses the excavation field where the ruins of Ugium cover those of the ancient city.

The steep plateau accessible only from the south, therefore easy to defend, was inhabited from the Neolithic until the end of the 14th century with a long interruption during the High Roman Empire (from the 1st to the...