Cellar reconstruction, Bibracte, Burgundy, France

Reconstruction of a Gaulish cellar, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The original cellar was destroyed by fire in 20 BC and archaeologists removed sediments and found imprints of the wooden frame to reveal the construction of the room. The underground cellars were used to house cereals and wine imported from Southern countries. The houses above lined the main avenue of Bibracte and had galleried facades and wood shingle roofs. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30, 000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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