Loupian Roman villa

Excavations on a three-hectare site south of the village have revealed remains of a Roman farm villa with extensive 2nd-century Gallo-Roman mosaics.

Originally a modest farmstead built a few kilometres south of the Via Domitia, it rapidly prospered and grew on the hillside overlooking the Bassin de Thau.

The main agricultural activity was viticulture, for which a storehouse capable of holding 1,500 hl of wine was constructed.

This period also saw the building of a small port on the northern shore of the Bassin de Thau, as well as pottery workshops producing amphorae for the transportation of wine.

Guided tours of the site and its museum are available in French every day in summer and on Wednesdays and weekends outside the season (closed in January).