Ain. “A Gallo-Roman temple”: how this village became the scene of archaeological excavations

This is the first time in over a century that excavations have been carried out in Vieu. In the 1860s and 1870s, they led to the discovery and documentation of several large ancient structures, including the remains of a temple dedicated to the god Mithras, thermal baths, and a water supply system in particular. All of this attested to the existence of a secondary, albeit relatively large, settlement during the Gallo-Roman period.

But archaeology at the time lacked the technical and human resources or the scientific rigor deployed today. The main objective was to search for remains or remarkable objects such as statues and other ornaments made of marble and even gold. The filing of a building permit near the church and cemetery of Vieu-en-Valromey triggered the diagnostic procedure...

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