Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine (, literally ''Sainte-Colombe on
Seine'') is a
commune
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in the
Côte-d'Or department in eastern
France
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.
Population
Iron Age and Antiquity
Located not far from the site of the
Vix grave
The Vix Grave is a burial mound near the village of Vix in northern Burgundy. The broader site is a prehistoric Celtic complex from the Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds ...
, Sainte-Colombe is on a very rich archaeological territory. In the 19th century, several
Hallstatt
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-era burial mounds containing wagon burials were excavated at the request of
Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...
. The first, located at a place called La Garenne, provided in 1846 a magnificent bronze
lebes
The lebes (Greek 'λέβης', plural ''lebetes'') is a type of ancient Greek cauldron, normally in bronze. It is a deep bowl with a rounded bottom. It was often supported by a sacrificial tripod. In classical times, a foot was attached and it wa ...
of Etruscan origin, now displayed in the
Musée du Pays Châtillonnais in
Châtillon-sur-Seine
Châtillon-sur-Seine (, ) is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department, eastern France.
The Musée du Pays Châtillonnais is housed in old abbey of Notre-Dame de Châtillon, within the town, known for its collection of pre-Roman and Roman relic ...
. In another, at La Butte, gold bracelets and earrings were discovered in the grave of a woman laid to rest on an iron-clad funerary wagon. These gold items are now kept at the
National Archeological Museum in
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris.
Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...
.
In the middle of the twentieth century René Joffroy (1958) postulated that the elites buried under the tumulus of La Butte and La Garenne had
Mont Lassois
The Vix Grave is a burial mound near the village of Vix in northern Burgundy. The broader site is a prehistoric Celtic complex from the Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds.
...
as their place of residence. However geomagnetic surveys carried out in 2015 revealed the presence of several large buildings in the vicinity of the Sainte-Colombe burial mounds, suggesting that they may have also lived nearby.
File:Chatillon-sur-Seine - Musée du Pays chatillonnais - 07.jpg, Etruscan lebes
The lebes (Greek 'λέβης', plural ''lebetes'') is a type of ancient Greek cauldron, normally in bronze. It is a deep bowl with a rounded bottom. It was often supported by a sacrificial tripod. In classical times, a foot was attached and it wa ...
cauldron
File:Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine Bracelets.jpg, Gold bracelets, 6th century BC
File:Boucles d'oreilles St Colombe.jpg, Gold earrings, 6th century BC
The remains of several Gallo-Roman villas were discovered in 1851. Part of a mortuary column representing Venus and a sculpture of a draped woman discovered in 1867 are now kept in the Musée du pays Châtillonnais.
See also
*
Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Vix Grave
The Vix Grave is a burial mound near the village of Vix in northern Burgundy. The broader site is a prehistoric Celtic complex from the Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds ...]
*
Lavau, Aube
External links
Musée du Pays Châtillonnais – Celtes et Gaulois
References
Communes of Côte-d'Or
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