Archaeological site of Glanum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

It was in the heart of the Alpilles that, more than two millennia ago, a Gallic tribe, the Salyens, had the idea of settling and founding a town. Protected by the Alpilles, close to a natural passageway from one side of the massif to the other and fed by a spring that became sacred, the village of Glanum prospered for a thousand years before disappearing and being rediscovered in 1921 by the archaeologist Pierre de Brun. Since its discovery, under a field of olive trees painted by Van Gogh, Glanum has become a major archaeological site in the Mediterranean basin. The archaeological site of Glanum is a unique testimony to life from the Bronze Age to the end of the Roman Empire. Like more than a hundred monuments throughout France, the site is managed by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, whose mission is to conserve, restore and open up the monuments to as many people as possible and to offer visitors a cultural programme that allows them to discover the monuments in a different way. The Festival d'Avignon will be there for the first time during the 77th edition in 2023.