Vosges. New Louvière in Epinal: preventive excavations to come pause the construction site

At the end of last year, the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research invested the Crousse parking lot to make a diagnosis of the soil. The on-site surveys gave a first verdict and more in-depth excavations were recommended, but the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs still has to decide on their modalities.

Prior to the development of a plot of land by the Eurometropole of Strasbourg, the Inrap searched an area of 400 m2, at the entrance of the Koenigshoffen district, west of the heart of the present city, along the route of the Romans which resumes the route of the Roman way. Known since the fortification works of the city in the sixteenth century, this area of the Roman agglomeration has been the subject of several preventive archaeology operatio…