🏛️ Mediolanum-Condate
Gallo-Roman settlement ruins near Saintes, Charente-Maritime
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Saintes in southwestern France, Charente-Maritime department
- Period: 1st–3rd century CE (Gallo-Roman)
- Status: Archaeological site with limited surface remains; interpretive materials on-site
- Accessibility: Open-air ruins; limited formal facilities
Mediolanum-Condate was a Gallo-Roman settlement situated at a strategic point in the Saintonge region of southwestern Gaul. The site occupied terrain along communications routes that connected interior settlements with the Atlantic coastal ports. Archaeological evidence indicates settlement and commercial activity from the 1st through 3rd centuries CE, during the period of Roman administrative control and trade integration in the province ...