|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Come with us on a walking tour of Nyon...
10. rue de la Porcelaine
The amphitheater
|
The
Archaeology Walk
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
More
places to visit
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
|
| A roof is being build over the exposed walls of the arena to protect them from the weather while money from the Municipal budget is made available to complete a project designed to make the arena usable for shows and concerts, while preserving the ancient walls. | ||
 |
 |
|
| The older building visible in the background, behind the arena, was a porcelain factory from 1781 to 1813, and then a ceramics factory until 1981. It gave the street its name. Nyon porcelaine is still made today: it is white with gold trim, painted with small, delicate flowers. | A sign at the site shows an aerial photograph of the dig as it progressed in 1996, and a map showing the location of the arena in relationship to the town. | |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
What do you do when you find an arena? Click here to join Class 5 from La Châtaigneraie as they visit the site in June 2004. |
||
| Click here to go to the Nyon Roman Museum's page about this site | Read (in French) the newspaper story about the progress of the project for the arena. | Read (in French) details of the archaeological investigations carried out by Archaeodunum S.A. |
| Click here to see some of the artifacts in the Roman Museum which were lost in the amphitheater in the last 2000 years. | To see aerial photos of the arena, visit www.swisscastles.ch (Choose "Nyon" from the frame on the left, then "L'amphithéâtre romain de Nyon" - be patient; this is a very slow -loading page). | |
This page was updated on 19 June, 2004 by K. Epps
Unless
otherwise mentioned, all photos are by Katharine Epps.
Sauf mention contraire les photos sont de Katharine Epps
nyon@isg-online.org