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Location

France, La Turbie
geo:43.747746,7.410966

Period or year

-10 / unknown

Classification

industry
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Roman quarry - La Turbie

data access 55804

Roman limestone quarry whose stones were used notably for building the close Augustean trophy in today's village of la Turbie.

Protected as French historical monument since 1944.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carri%C3%A8re_romaine_du_Mont_Justicier

https://monumentum.fr/carriere-romaine-mont-justice-pa00080890.html

Relevant museums

Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana
Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana - Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography.
Italy, Rome

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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Seb Salzgeber (2018-08-13) , last updated by Petrus Nuntius (2019-02-15), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/55804
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: Salzgeber, S. and Nuntius, P., Roman quarry - La Turbie. https://vici.org/vici/55804, accessed 2026-11-05.