🏛️ Vienna-Brigantione
Roman settlement remains in the French Alps
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Briançon area, Hautes-Alpes department, southeastern France
- Period: Roman occupation, 1st–3rd centuries CE
- Status: Archaeological site with limited surface remains
- Elevation: Approximately 1,300 meters in Alpine foothills
Vienna-Brigantione refers to the Roman settlement that occupied the site of present-day Briançon and its immediate surroundings. The settlement served as a strategic outpost controlling trade routes through the Alps, connecting the Mediterranean to the Danube region. Little remains visible at ground level, and the site has been extensively built over by the modern town of Briançon ...