🏛️ Vestiges archéologiques à Tourves
Ancient Roman and pre-Roman ruins scattered across a Provençal hillside
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France
- Period: Ligurian (2nd century BC) through medieval times
- Main site: Oppidum de la Blanquière, hilltop fortification
- Type: Open-air archaeological remains, multi-period occupation
Vestiges archéologiques à Tourves is a dispersed archaeological site in the Var department of southeastern France that documents nearly two millennia of human settlement from the Ligurian period through the medieval era. The site encompasses Roman settlements, Ligurian fortifications, and later structures distributed across rural hillsides. As of 2026, the vestiges remain accessible as open-air remains without formal excavation barriers, allowing direct field study of pre-Roman and Roman ...