Corent

Corent ( ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It sits approximately 2 miles north of Les Martres-de-Veyre on the side of the old volcanic Puy de Corent. In 2001 excavation began on a Gallic (Celtic) and later Gallo-Roman Oppidum found in a field atop the puy. To this date, vast quantities of land have been excavated revealing the site as a main political, religious and economic center. Corent was an important fortified Celtic oppidum during the pre-Roman La Tène period (Late Iron Age), and there was already a dense fortified/walled settlement on the plateau during the Late Bronze Age Urnfield period.

Corent ( ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It sits approximately 2 miles north of Les Martres-de-Veyre on the side of the old volcanic Puy de Corent. In 2001 excavation began on a Gallic (Celtic) and later Gallo-Roman Oppidum found in a field atop the puy. To this date, vast quantities of land have been excavated revealing the site as a main political, religious and economic center. Corent was an important fortified Celtic oppidum during the pre-Roman La Tène period (Late Iron Age), and there was already a dense fortified/walled settlement on the plateau during the Late Bronze Age Urnfield period. File:Mise en valeur du sanctuaire de Corent.png|Corent sanctuary. See: Digital reconstruction File:Corent 11.jpg|Sanctuary File:Corent fosse à libations 01.JPG|Sanctuary - libation pit File:Corent 2013 (2).jpg|Excavations File:Corent 08.jpg|View from the plateau ==See also== Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department ==References== ==External links== 3D reconstruction of Corent oppidum, France (La Tene period)

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