Séviac Roman Villa

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Séviac Roman Villa

Built in the 4th century AD, Séviac Villa was a luxurious mansion with a typical villa layout, including an inner open courtyard (peristyle), heated baths and pool, a hypocaust system for under floor heating, and over 600 m2 of mosaic floors. The mosaics are said to be amongst the most exceptional in the region.

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Séviac Roman Villa

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Location: France - Midi-Pyrénées - Gers - Montréal du Gers

Onsite Facilities: photography permitted, guided tours only

Notes: Only open from March to November, as the mosaic floors are covered during the winter to protect them from freezing. Some of the mosaic floors, including the wonderful mosaic that depicts a number of trees, have been removed to a local private museum in the nearby town of Montréal.

Official Website: Séviac Roman Villa

History & Archaeology

The remains of this spectacular villa were found quite by chance in the 1860s during the building of a farmhouse. Over the years there have been various programmes of excavations. The first being before the First World War, and the most recent being a 30 year stretch each summer from 1967 to 1997.

In 1974 the so-called Amants de Séviac (Séviac Lovers) were excavated. These are the skeletons of a young couple buried sometime between the 6th and 7th centuries.

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Sites up to 50 km away as the crow flies. Click to see Nearby Sites on a Google Map.

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Pauline | Archaeology Travel

Pauline (14 comments)

October 10, 2011

We visited Seviac in September 2011 when we spent a week in Gascony, near Condom. The Roman villa is just outside Montreal. When we were there a small group of people were part of a tour in French, but they gave us a book in English and we wandered around on our own. The setting is beautiful and the mosaics are some of the best I have seen. I really enjoyed our visit.

Afterward we went into Montreal (a beautiful town) to see the small Seviac Museum and then had a very good lunch (at L'escale on the main square).

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