Presentation
The goal of our non-profit organization is to reproduce prehistoric, proto-historic and Gallo-Roman structures on the basis of excavations plans realized in the region as well as in Northern France. Up to now 6 pre-and proto-historic human settlements have been reproduced. They represent the Neolithic (5th millennium B.C.), the Bronze Age and both Iron Ages (750 B.C.). Each house is surrounded by outbuildings: a workshop for cutting firestone, a corn loft, a potter’s workshop, a workshop for casting bronze and a smithy.
The Gallo-Roman period is represented at the Archaeological site by a fanum, a necropolis and a villa. The fanum is a religious monument typical of Northern Gaul; this one is the first life-size reconstitution of a Gallo-Roman religious monument in Belgium.The necropolis and the villa have recently been reconstituted. This particular brilliant period of our history can thus be studied through various aspects of everyday life, people’s beliefs as well as through the cults and funeral customs practiced then
Every house is fairly furnished and gives a clear image of the different periods concerned, which gives the visitor the possibility of a true immersion into his past.
The Gallo-Roman period is represented at the Archaeological site by a fanum, a necropolis and a villa. The fanum is a religious monument typical of Northern Gaul; this one is the first life-size reconstitution of a Gallo-Roman religious monument in Belgium.The necropolis and the villa have recently been reconstituted. This particular brilliant period of our history can thus be studied through various aspects of everyday life, people’s beliefs as well as through the cults and funeral customs practiced then
Every house is fairly furnished and gives a clear image of the different periods concerned, which gives the visitor the possibility of a true immersion into his past.
