Fouilles archéologiques

The open excavation pit at the base of the Colline du Château reveals the foundations of a cathedral that vanished centuries ago. Archaeologists uncovered these limestone walls while preparing the site for a new project in the nineteen eighties. The layers of stone show how the city shifted over time, hiding the medieval remains beneath the soil. Workers found thousands of artifacts, including discarded coins and pottery fragments, which sit now in local museums, far from the earth where they rested for ages.