Temple (Genainville)

Ruins of a temple in Genainville

The Gallo-Roman temple in Genainville , a French commune in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region , was built around 160 AD.

The temple ruins are located on an archaeological site known as the Site des Vaux-de-la-Celle, which is protected as a Monument historique . The temple with a double cella was part of a conciliabulum , a meeting place. Remains of the wall painting were found inside, which reproduced a marble surface. The floors were covered with stone slabs or cement.

literature

• Pierre-Henri Mitard: Le sanctuaire gallo-romain de Genainville (Val-d'Oise). Guiry-en-Vexin 1993.
• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Vol. 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , p. 549.

Web links

Commons : Vestiges gallo-romains de Genainville  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Temple of Mercury and Rosmerta at Genainville in the Arachne archaeological database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gallo-Roman ruins in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 11.6 ″  N , 1 ° 46 ′ 18.1 ″  E