🏛️ Vorgium-Vannes
Roman settlement and modern city in Brittany, France
📌 Fast Facts
- Ancient Roman town established in the 1st century CE, capital of the Venetae people
- Located on the Gulf of Morbihan in southern Brittany
- Modern city of Vannes built over the Roman settlement; medieval walled town remains intact
- Archaeological finds housed in the Musée de la Cohésion Sociale
Vorgium was a significant Roman settlement in Armorica (Roman Brittany) and the civitas capital of the Venetae, a Gallic maritime people. The town emerged as an administrative and commercial centre following the Roman conquest under Julius Caesar in the 1st century BCE. Today, the modern city of Vannes preserves much of its medieval character, with the Roman settlement largely subsumed beneath later urban development ...