musée du Pays châtillonnais

The Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, or Trésor de Vix, formerly called the musée archéologique de Châtillon-sur-Seine (Côte-d'Or), was created in the late nineteenth century and is managed by the community of communes of the Pays Châtillonnais. The museum houses the finding of the Vix Grave, and especially the famous Vix krater, dated to circa 500 BCE and testifying to the links between the Gauls and the Greeks at that period. History The old museum building, July 2008 Throughout France the second half of the nineteenth century was an era of growing interest in archeology. The subject was particularly popular in the Côte-d'Or region since major excavations had been organized by Napoleon III on the site of Alesia , 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Châtillon. In 1882, the Châtillon Archaeological and Historical Society opened the first museum, to be a museum of archaeology. The region is rich in archaeological relics. The excavations of the Gallo-Roman Vertillum , about fifteen miles away, and those of Mount Lassois. Collections Prehistory: Numerous chance finds, excavations of mount Lassois Mount and the Cave of La Grande Baume at Balot . Early History: The graves of Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine , the Treasure of Vix with the famous Cratère de Vix . Deposits from the source of Douix. The Gallo-Roman world: The city of Vertillum, the sanctuary of Essarois and the sanctuary of Tremblois at Villiers-le-Duc . The Middle Ages: The Art of Fontenay Abbey and the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Châtillon, the relics of St. Vorles. From the Renaissance to the eighteenth century through many objects of daily.