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Vestiges archéologiques du Pallas

Mèze, Hérault, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Vestiges archéologiques (cad. L 585 à 588, 594 à 598, 927) : inscription par arrêté du 27 décembre 1995
Protection dates
1995/12/27 : inscrit MH
Type
site archéologique, agglomération
Main period of construction
2e moitié 10e siècle, 11e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Mèze
Département
Hérault
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.45036, 3.59643
Mérimée reference
PA00135395

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 15: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Pallas est mentionné pour la première fois de façon sûre en 960. Les principales mentions apparaissent au 11e siècle et en font un de ces sites datables des alentours de l'An Mil qui ont préparé la formation du village à partir du 11e siècle. L'appareillage des vestiges pourrait laisser supposer une origine antique mais, hormis une faible représentation d'un mobilier du Haut-Empire, les sondages ont permis de recueillir un matériel révélateur d'une occupation pendant tout le Moyen Age et qui débute à l'époque carolingienne. Ces observations pourraient suggérer un édifice du haut Moyen Age, encore influencé par les techniques de tradition antique. Ancienne possession de Sainte-Foy-de-Conques.

English translation

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Pallas is mentioned for the first time with certainty in 960. The principal mentions appear in the 11th century and make it one of these sites dateable to around the year 1000 which prepared the formation of the village from the 11th century onwards. The coursing of the remains could suggest an ancient origin but, apart from a weak representation of moveable goods from the Early Empire, the soundings allowed the collection of material revealing occupation throughout the Middle Ages which begins in the Carolingian period. These observations could suggest a building from the early Middle Ages, still influenced by the techniques of ancient tradition. Former possession of Sainte-Foy-de-Conques.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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