Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Site archéologique de la ville antique d'Aleria
Aléria, Haute-Corse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Le site archéologique (cad. D 4, lieudit Portonello, 47, lieudit Ripale, 50, lieudit Palazzo, 302, lieudit Portone) : classement par arrêté du 18 décembre 1990
- Protection dates
- 1990/12/18 : classé MH
- Type
- site archéologique, civitas
- Main period of construction
- Antiquité
- Ownership
- propriété publique
- Commune
- Aléria
- Département
- Haute-Corse
- Region
- Corse
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.10124, 9.50951
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099262
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "Corse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancienne colonie grecque, puis romaine, la cité fut la capitale de l'Ile pendant l'Antiquité, avant d'être abandonnée au 5e siècle. Les fouilles ont permis de dégager le forum et le soubassement des principaux monuments de la ville romaine.
English translation
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History
A former Greek colony, then Roman, the city was the capital of the Island during antiquity, before being abandoned in the 5th century. The excavations made it possible to unearth the forum and the foundation of the principal monuments of the Roman city.
Nearby in the register
- Fort Matrafortunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Marcelégliseunder 1 mi
- Thermes romains dits de Santa Laurinasite archéologiqueunder 1 mi
- Vestiges de la nécropole préromaine et villa romainesite archéologique1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.