Called Lousonna, the roman town was situated next to the lakeside. This fact is recalled by the Roman Museum in Lausanne-Vidy.
The Roman Museum in Lausanne-Vidy shows the vestiges of a wealthy residence containing an atrium, painted rooms and rooms equipped with floor heating.
Countless objects displayed in the permanent exhibition tell the story on the shore of Lacus Lemannus twenty centuries ago. A period of change for its inhabitants, because they had to get used to a new language (Latin), writing, new technologies (stonework, tiles, glass and blown glass), new foods (olive oil, fish from the sea, and dates), all in the common market of the Roman Empire with its currency and its outstanding network of communication. The Museum’s offer is completed with an archaeological park where you can see the vestiges of the forum.
The Museum also organises mediation activities for children all year round, intended to heighten their awareness of those times: they can learn how to bake Gallo-Roman bread, how to prepare a Roman meal or how to build like the architects and engineers of the time.
Free admission on the first Saturday of the month.
Closed on Mondays (except July-August and public holidays), as well as on 24, 25, 31 December and 1 January.
Access
Bus 24: “Siège du CIO” stop
Bus 25 : “Bois-de-Vaux” stop
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