Historical place profile
Barzan (Gallo-Roman Site)
Site of a Gallo-Roman sanctuary and subsequent city of the Roman imperial period, the "Site gallo-romain de Barzan" is spread across the modern French communes of Barzan, Talmont-sur-Gironde and Arces-sur-Gironde in the department of Charente-Maritime. BAtlas equated it with ancient Tannum/Tamnum, but alternatives continue to be offered.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:138606
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:138606
- Place type
- archaeological-site, sanctuary, settlement, station
- Coordinates
- 45.535268, -0.878453
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Site of a Gallo-Roman sanctuary and subsequent city of the Roman imperial period, the "Site gallo-romain de Barzan" is spread across the modern French communes of Barzan, Talmont-sur-Gironde and Arces-sur-Gironde in the department of Charente-Maritime. BAtlas equated it with ancient Tannum/Tamnum, but alternatives continue to be offered.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 14 E3 Tannum
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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