🏛️ Site archéologique de Saint-Genes à Castelferrus
Iron Age Gaulish oppidum in southwestern France
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Castelferrus, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
- Period: Iron Age, 2nd century BC onwards
- Culture: Cadurci Gaulish tribe
- Status: Monument historique (protected heritage site)
Site archéologique de Saint-Genes à Castelferrus is a fortified Gaulish settlement in southwestern France that dates to the Iron Age. Built by the Cadurci tribe around the 2nd century BC, the oppidum occupies a defensible hilltop in the Tarn-et-Garonne department and served as a political, economic, and religious center for the regional Gaulish population. As of 2026, the site remains protected as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture and continues to be subject to ...