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Gallo-Roman temples
 
 
Local tradition lived on

On the Schönbühl hill you can see the podium temple, and beside it, the foundation walls of two earlier square temples.
 

 
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Six small square temples have been discovered to date, in a sacred district originally surrounded by a wall. They were constructed in the early stages of the town's development in the style of the local Celtic tradition. The two conserved foundations impressively show that the later podium temple covered over the earlier edifices. Up to the mid 1st century AD, the Schönbühl hill was a district containing several such small temples. The square edifices ranged from tiny chapels to tower-like temples encircled by a columned hall.
 

 
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