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The Archaeological Museum of Saintes has been redesigned and its permanent exhibition renewed. Visitors are invited to discover the ancient city of Saintes through its urban planning and the lives of its inhabitants 2000 years ago.

Located in the heart of the city, the public garden is a place of life for the residents of Saintais, to be discovered by walkers. The kiosk, the orangery, the animals or the games. The park was designed in 1925 on the banks of the Charente and forms the connection between the city and the Palu.

The Saint-Pierre Cathedral is located in the heart of the old town on the left bank of the Charente. According to tradition, the founding of this episcopal see goes back to Saint Eutrope. The construction of the first Christian building on the site of the current cathedral could not be dated with any precision. It probably dates back to the 6th century.

The Basilica of Saint-Eutrope de Saintes is a true masterpiece of Romanesque art and amazes with its two superimposed choirs and its crypt, one of the largest in Europe.

Like many amphitheaters in the Roman Empire, that of Saintes was built on the outskirts of the city in a place now called "Vallon des Arènes" (Little Valley of the Amphitheater). The LTS builders took advantage of the local topography to build part of the amphitheater. Today, despite the disappearance of its superstructure, the remains give a very good idea of what this amphitheater looked like in its heyday. The site is now open to visitors all year round.

Saintes is a city that shines with its millennial heritage and its Gallo-Roman monuments. As unusual as they are well preserved, these nuggets will take you on a real journey through time.

Around 40-50 AD, Saintes was the capital of the Roman province of Aquitania. Saintes was one of the first towns to have an amphitheater.

The current cathedral is the successor to an early Christian sanctuary built under Bishop Palladius in the 6th century (Wikipedia).