Archeological Museum of Lattes
Region : Languedoc-Roussillon
Description:
The archaeological museum of Lattes Saint-Sauveur is a 'place museum'.Clearly, this is a museum that is built on the edge of a place to show and explain in great detail and put into context the excavations.
Thus, the museum displays the ancient port of Lattara and the different civilizations that have animated Lattarenses.
1200m? of exhibition show:
- Ceramics, glass urns in a perfect state of preservation,
- Tools,
- Usual objects,
- Jewelry,
- Oil Lamps,
- Coins,
- Antique sculptures,
- Stele and funeral objects from the Neolithic cemetery (76 graves have been discovered).
Planning:
In one to two hours, you will have had a very interesting view of museum and its collections.The museum is open from Wednesday to Friday and on Monday from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 17:30.
It is open on Saturday and on Sunday from 14:00 to 18:00 or from 14:00 to 19:00 when temporary exhibitions are scheduled.
It is closed on 01/01, 05/01, on 07/14, 08/15, 11/01 and on 12/25. Disclaimer : The management team of the destination has the possibility to change the opening days and hours without prior communication.
Comments:
The website Lattes in Languedoc country, Gallic of the South, accessible by clicking here offers a virtual tour of the site Lattara, ancient port city and important example of urban habitat of the first companies in the Mediterranean in France.A regional archaeological documentation center (CDAR) whose mission is to provide documentary support and assistance to knowledge of archeology is also constructed near the museum.
The archaeological site is also a work area for schools where many students come to learn their future profession.
The museum entrance is free every first Sunday of the months.
Address:
390 route de Perols34970 Lattes
Access by bus: Line 18, stop 'Le Stade'
The ancient site of Lattara and the museum are located approximately at 7km at the South of Montpellier on the road to Palavas.
N 43°33'56'', E 03°54'27''
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