The museum is in the archeological grounds of the Puymin site, I very much recommend a visit before the grounds itself, as the numerous artefacts and reconstitutions will help you visualise the way of life of antique Vasio Vocontiorum. The typical farm-turned town's...
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Vaison-la-Romaine’s archeological sites: Villasse
Another large archeological ground also sits in Vaison's town center and is accessible with the same entrance ticket as the Puymin site (see other post here). The Villasse houses an antique shopping high street: It is seen here during the Journee Romaines, a...
Vaison-la-Romaine’s archeological sites: Puymin
The Roman sites of Vaison are quite extensive in comparaison to the size of town, and make a significant portion of it's center: Puymin and Villasse are the main sites Puymin It is just across the street from the tourist office and shows numerous villas centered...
Augustus Caesar Praetoria @ Vaison-la-Romaine
Vaison-la-Romaine is a fitting location for the Augustus Caesar Praetoria association, which reenacts historical scenes based on Roman Emperor Hadrien and his pretorian guard. The attention to details and use of historical materials and techniques are quite amazing...
Roman Vaison
Vasio Vocontiorum, an important Roman town, used to cover the modern day Vaison grounds. Any time a shovel is being used to dig a house or a road, some archeological finding pops up, to the delight of archeologists, and not so much of builders! The archeological...