With its fine collection of mosaics, this museum, located on one side of the Rhône across from modern Vienne on the other, has been designed to showcase the Gallo-Roman town of St Romain en Gal . Highlights include the famous Mosaic of the Ocean Go..

It is estimated that the population of this town was 30 000 in the 2C AD, at a time of maximum Roman expansion – five times that of the Middle Ages. The many Roman vestiges across the site, which extends for more than 3ha, bear witness to a period of..