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Come with us on a walking tour of Nyon...
9. Place Bel Air
A residential district
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text in English reads: A residential district - a considerable network of private dwellings spread out around the forum and these were partly revealed during the excavations in Place Bel Air in 1978 to 1982, rue de la Gare and rue Collège, 1992 - 1994. The clearing of a house in Place Bel Air indicated that the district, which was abandoned around 250 AD, had been occupied since the 30/20 before our era, and that the first buildings were built of wood and earth. The Mediterranean domus layout, organized around a porticoed courtyard or garden, frequently decorated with ponds and sculptures, was adopted here from the first century onwards. Various objects of daily use discovered during excavations: statuette, dice and gaming counters, perfume bottle, fibula, key and toiletries. |
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This model of a city house is in the Roman Museum of Vaison-la-Romaine, in France. It gives an idea of what a city house in Roman Nyon might have looked like. |
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Blue
first
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Red second phase of construction, White
Roman road network
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Click here to go to the Nyon Roman Museum's page about this site
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| Click here to join Class 7 in a Roman house |
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Rhone River
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This page was updated on 20 May, 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