Horreum

The Horreum, in the heart of the modern city, consists of underground galleries built in the 1st century BC and located 5 meters below the modern ground level. They must have formed the foundations of a building, probably of the market type, whose secrets have not yet been fully uncovered (horreum meaning "warehouse" in Latin). Built on the surface, it was located south of the forum and on the edge of the cardo (north-south axis) of the Roman city of Narbo Martius. The galleries of the Horreum have survived the centuries through various alterations and their partial reuse as private cellars. Officially reported in 1838, the galleries were classified as Historic Monuments in 1961 and then developed and opened to the public in 1976. Along with the archaeological remains of the Clos de la Lombarde, the Horreum is one of the only Roman monuments visible and open to the public in the center of Narbonne.

 

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€5.00 per person

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