Horreum Romain museum. Narbonne. France. The Horreum is the only building dating from classical times that can still be seen in
Horreum Romain museum. Narbonne. France. The Horreum is the only building dating from classical times that can still be seen in Narbonne. It is a former underground warehouse and dates from the end of the first century BC and was probably the below-ground section of a market. Two of its galleries can be visited and the sound and light show that has been installed creates an atmosphere rather like that of a market-day. Stone remains have been put on display in the alcoves that open off the north wing to remind visitors of the splendours of Narbo Martius, the capital of the Narbonne region. You can buy a Pass Ticket, which is valid for 15 days and gives you entry to all the monuments and Horreum romain, recognized as a museum in 1975 during its opening to the public is the only metropolitan example of Gallo-Roman underground warehouses of goods preserved almost in its entirety. Its construction dates back to the 1st Century before , and corresponds to a time when Narbonne was considered as "an observatory and rampart of the Romans" (Cicéron). It served as a warehouse for grain, wine and oil, and also to stock weapon because of the military importance of the city at this time. During its developments in 1975, a part of its underground was always serving as a wine cellar. This place shows incredible qualities of humidity, and a good temperature for maturation, between 12 and 14 Narbonne, Occitan: Narbona, Latin: Narbo is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It lies 849 km from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Once a prosperous port, and a major city in Roman times, it is now located about 15 km from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is marginally the largest commune in Aude, although the prefecture is the slightly smaller commune of Carcassonne.
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