🏛️ Condate-Fougères
Gallo-Roman settlement remains in Brittany
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France (48.150811°N, 1.655519°W)
- Period: Gallo-Roman era, approximately 1st–3rd centuries CE
- Original name: Condate (Latin for confluence)
- Significance: Junction settlement at the confluence of the Nançon and Couesnon rivers
Condate-Fougères represents a Gallo-Roman settlement that emerged at a strategic confluence point in present-day Brittany. The site functioned as a trading and administrative center during the Roman occupation of Gaul, exploiting its position at the meeting of two rivers. Archaeological investigation has revealed structural remains and artefactual evidence of occupation spanning the early Imperial period through the Late Antique era ...