Entremont

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The Oppidum d'Entremont is a 3.5 ha archaeological site located in Aix-en-Provence, 3 km from the city centre, at the southern end of the Puyricard plateau, at the place called Entremont. Entremont was in ancient times the capital of the confederation of Celto-Ligures. It is inhabited from 180-170 B.C., which corresponds to a late habitat in comparison with other protohistoric oppidas of the region, such as the Oppidum de Saint-Blaise (VII – 2nd centuries B.C.).

With the taking of the oppidum by the Romans in 123 B.C., the plateau is abandoned and the populations of the oppidum come to populate the new Roman city created at the foot of the plateau: Aquae Sextiæ. Around 90 BC, the city is completely uninhabited. His period of occupation was therefore extremely short: about 80 years.

On the plateau there are two cities surrounded by ramparts. The first city is the oldest. Archaeologist Fernand Benoit called it "high city" — because of its sommital position — while archaeologists prefer the term "Habitat 1"; the "low city", today called "Habitat 2" comes from the first and actually consists of an expansion of the Habitat...