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LES FONTAINES SALÉES

Archaeological site
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A site with a reception and discovery center that exhibits the main features of human societies over time.

1.5 km south of Saint Père, the site of the Fontaines Salées owes its name to the resurgence of salt water springs that were captured 4,300 years ago (Final Neolithic) by means of oak casings that are still in place. The remains of a vast thermal bath dating from the 1st to the 3rd centuries of our era, still testify to the continuity of human occupation. The reception and archaeological discovery center, recently created on the site, exposes the main features of human societies spread over time, from the Neolithic to Antiquity.

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Sanglier 08
Visited in october 2019
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Les fontaines salées !
Comme quoi pas besoin d'intelligence artificielle pour créer ce type de technique, le bois creusé !
Et qui plus est, est toujours visible waouh
Abraxas
Visited in july 2018
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voici un musée original à quelques kilomètres de Vézelay, dont on aperçoit la colline depuis le site archéologique.On peut trouver le tarif élevé (5 euros). Mais l'exposition en salle des artefacts trouvés sur les fouilles et des autres est des plus didactique et tout autant intéressante. Sur le site , qui de loin ne paye pas de mine, on peut toucher du doigt la culture du bain et des thermes dans l'antiquité romaine et gallo-romaine. Une des fontaines permet de voir les bulles de gaz carbonique qui remontent. Les explications y sont excellentes. On peut enfin boire un peu de cette eau
futedj85
Visited in april 2017
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Voilà une vraie curiosité "Bourguignonne" : il vous sera proposé de boire un verre d'eau minéralisée (9 à 12 g/L), contenant du chlorure et du sodium (du sel). Elle est également légèrement radioactive, et accompagnée de remontées gazeuses contenant de l'azote (91,7 %), de l'hélium (6,42 %), du dioxyde de carbone (1,23 %), de l'argon. De plus le site mis à jour est remarquable : à faire absolument.

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