Gallo-Roman temple in Izernore

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The Gallo-Roman temple of Izernore is a collection of religious remains dating from the Gallo-Roman period, located in the commune of Izernore in the French department of Ain in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It consists of two monumental buildings that follow each other between the middle of the 1st and the end of the 2nd century AD at the same location, the second reusing certain structures of the 1st. The studies and excavations, partial or old, do not allow to reconstruct with certainty the appearance of the two monuments whose elevation is not sufficiently preserved.

The two monuments are part of a larger cultural complex attached to Isarnodurum, a secondary agglomeration whose contours are not yet known but which is identified with the present municipality of Izernore. This agglomeration, as well as the cultural ensemble, seem abandoned at the end of antiquity. The remains still in elevation, consisting of three corner columns and scattered blocks on the site — the base of the walls is a reconstruction of the early twentieth century, belong to the second monument.

The cultural ensemble is also marked by the richness of its painted decor, including several fragments...