JOURNÉES EUROPÉENNES DE L’ARCHÉOLOGIE - CASTELNAU-LE-LEZ

The program for the European Archaeology Days in Castelnau le Lez on June 12, 13 and 14, 2026 friday June 12 at 6:30 pm at Espace Culturel Pierre Fournel Conference: "Castelnau-le-Lez, chemin de la Madrague: a new window on the town between Protohistory and Antiquity, and continuing into the Middle Ages" A new window on the history of Castelnau-le-Lez and the Sextantio agglomeration was opened during a preventive operation in 2024. It unearthed the successive remains of the Gallic settlement prior to the 3rd century BC, Gallo-Roman town planning up to the 2nd century, with evidence of the acculturation of the local population to Roman customs, and the continued occupation of the site in the Middle Ages up to the 15th century. Hosted by David Tosna, head of archaeological research at Inrap. Duration: approx. 1 hour Free admission exhibition ArchéoChrono? Iron Age: Who were the Gauls? Designed and produced by Inrap Gone are the clichés of the moustachioed peasant who roams his forest and the tenacious warrior with his fierce resistance! Preventive archaeology now enables us to better understand the complexity of the Celtic civilization which, between 800 and 51 BC, extended over a large part of present-day France. Saturday and Sunday, 10am-6pm. Free admission, for the whole family. ?conferences-flash "From the origins to Castelnau": Come and rediscover the history of the local territory, from the earliest traces of occupation to the birth of Castelnau, via the hill of Substantion, in turn a Gallic oppidum, a Gallo-Roman settlement-stopover on the Via Domitia and a county town in the Middle Ages. Led by guide David Boyer Duration: approx. 1 hour Saturday at 10:30 am and 3 pm Sunday, 10:30 am Free admission workshop Archéo Kézako? workshop, for 7-12 year-olds Become a budding archaeologist, discover the steps, tools and techniques of an archaeological dig and create your own stratigraphy. Duration: approx. 1 hour Saturday at 10:30 am, 3 pm Sunday, 10:30 am Free admission ? Reservations required on 04.67.14.27.40