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Come and discover the archaeological site of Montcaret in a village surrounded by vines on the border of the Périgord and Bordelais regions, and its Gallo-Roman villa, private thermal baths and outstanding mosaic pavements.
Visiting the Montcaret archaeological site
• A fine building. There are the remains of a dining room with an underground heating system, a vast 350m² reception room, and private baths.
• A variety of mosaic pavements. The frigidarium, the cold bath room, is decorated with mosaics of fish, dolphins, squid and shells. The other rooms have floors decorated geometrical and plant patterns.
Understanding Montcaret archaeological site
• A site that has been inhabited from Ancient times through to today. Excavations carried out between 1922 and 1939 by Jules Formigé unearthed remains from the 1st, 4th and 5th centuries that were reworked in the Middle Ages. They belong to a Gallo-Roman peristyle villa with an inner courtyard that was typical of Southern Gaul.
