Oppidum La Quille
The oppidum La Quille ( French Oppidum de la Quille , Provencal La Quilho) is a southern French oppidum in the area of the commune of Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade in the Bouches-du-Rhône department . It originated in the Latène period .
The settlement was on the 454-meter-high Le Puech hill . This hill now forms part of the municipality's name ( Le Puy ). Since one had a view of the entire Durance valley from this position , the location offered important strategic advantages. The settlement spread over an area of 1.8 hectares. After the first use in the 4th to 1st century BC, the site was used again in the Middle Ages. In 1907, an archaeologist who discovered Roman and Celtic finds there described the former oppidum for the first time.
The name La Quille actually refers to a medieval tower. At the beginning of the 20th century it was still well preserved, but it was damaged by the Lambesc earthquake in 1909, and in 1980 it was additionally damaged by lightning .