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Site archéologique

Loupiac, Gironde, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le site archéologique, en totalité, figurant au cadastre section D, sur les parcelles 103, 106, 110, 1379 et 1522, conformément au plan annexé à l'arrêté : inscription par arrêté du 13 juin 2024
Protection dates
2024/06/13 : inscrit MH
Type
site archéologique, villa antique, prieuré
Main period of construction
Gallo-romain, limite 11e siècle 12e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Loupiac
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.62540, -0.30319
Mérimée reference
PA33000148

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La présence de vestiges gallo-romains est connue depuis les années 1830-1840. Des structures sont dégagées à partir des années 1950 et les fouilles ont été reprises en 2004. Des éléments de la première moitié du 1er siècle attestent d'un premier habitat. Différentes campagnes de travaux mettent progressivement au jour une riche demeure (péristyle, thermes, bassins). Un changement important intervient au 3ème siècle avec l'aménagement d'une grande piscine bordée d'une galerie. L'état de la demeure à la fin du 4ème siècle et au 5ème siècle est exemplaire des grandes villae antiques d'Aquitaine : galeries, une quinzaine de pièces, la piscine, des sols pavés de mosaïques. La villa est abandonnée au 6ème siècle ou au 7ème. Un prieuré est édifié, à la fin du 11ème siècle ou début du 12ème siècle, dont subsistent la chapelle ainsi que des éléments dans la maison qui lui est adossée au 18ème siècle. Rattaché à l'ordre Bénédictin, il dépendait de la Sauve-Majeure.

English translation

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The presence of Gallo-Roman remains has been known since the 1830s-1840s. Structures were uncovered from the 1950s onwards and excavations were resumed in 2004. Elements from the first half of the 1st century attest to an early occupation. Various construction campaigns gradually revealed a rich residence (peristyle, baths, basins). An important change occurred in the 3rd century with the construction of a large swimming pool bordered by a gallery. The condition of the residence in the late 4th and 5th centuries is exemplary of the great antique villae of Aquitaine: galleries, some fifteen rooms, the swimming pool, floors paved with mosaics. The villa was abandoned in the 6th or 7th century. A priory was built, at the end of the 11th century or beginning of the 12th century, of which the chapel remains as well as elements in the house which was attached to it in the 18th century. Affiliated to the Benedictine order, it was dependent on La Sauve-Majeure.

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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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