ROMAN THEATRE

According to current archaeological research, this theatre was built around 40 to 50 A.D. It is 130 metres in diameter, and it is thought that in days gone by it was capable of seating 13.0000 spectators. The theatre, which was restored in 1938, is now used once again for its original purpose, being an avenue for performances such as the jazz festival.
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AUGUSTUS AND LIVIA TEMPLE

This is the name by which the temple has been known since the late 18th century. It was originally dedicated to the Rome cult and to Augustus, and was built on a sacred area of the forum. Its construction started began around 20 to 10 B.C. It was converted into a church at the beginning of the Middle Ages. The restoration of the building in the second half of the 19th century was due to intervention by the writer Prosper Mérimée.

CYBELE'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL GARDEN

Located on the site of the old hospices, this garden contains the remains of a neighbourhood of the old Gallo Roman town, including the archways from a portico that was part of the forum, a wall made of large masonry that formed part of the municipal assembly, and fitted out terraces and houses.

THE PYRAMIDE

The last remnant of the Roman circus, in the town's southern district.

ST MAURICE CATHEDRAL

The local Christian community, which had its own very prestigious seat as early as the 4th century, designated the site for its cathedral back in those days. The present-day building, which was erected between the late 11th century and the early 16th century, shows the remarkable harmony of a Romanesque edifice enclosed within a longer Gothic cathedral. Its patron, Saint Maurice, was a soldier in the Roman legions who died a martyr's death in Switzerland (late 3rd century). The cathedral has an imposing façade including three portals with spandrels and richly sculpted orders. Inside, the Romanesque archways and the side naves have retained their Romanesque capitals, featuring biblical scenes and plant patterns, and a sculpted zodiac, bearing testimony to the quality of Romanesque sculpture, and to a coherent iconographical programme.

ST ANDRÉ LE BAS CHURCH AND CLOISTER

These two edifices were once part of a wealthy, powerful abbey, founded in the 6th century. The church formed the chapel in King Boson's palace late in the 9th century. During the 11th and 12th centuries, it was modified. The cloister, which dates from 12th century, is also richly decorated with pillars and sculpted capitals featuring floral elements, bestiaries and biblical scenes, in which the influence of ancient art may be noted. Three rooms are set aside for temporary exhibitions organised throughout the year.

CHURCH AND MUSEUM OF ST-PIERRE

This church is one of the oldest in France, dating from the 5th to 6th century A.D. From its initial configuration, it has maintained the layout of a basilica, featuring a solidly-constructed nave, which had a belfry built right next to it in the 12th century. Since the 19th century, the church has housed an archaeological museum with sculptures including the famous "Tutela", the Gallo-Roman town's guardian goddess, along with mosaics, monuments and funerary steles.

TEXTILE INDUSTRY MUSEUM

This museum, which is installed in the St-Germain space, retraces the history of the textiles industry which was the predominant economic sector in Vienne for two centuries (18th-20th century). Includes a presentation cycle and animated model and working machinery, as well as a century's worth of fabric samples from major factories in Vienne.
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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Located on the first floor of the old grain storage hall, dating from the early 19th century.
- Local archaeology
- A collection of French earthenware, including holy-water basins.
- Painting (16th-early 20th century), including a section devoted to artists from Vienne and the Dauphiné region.

MUSEUM AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF SAINT-ROMAIN-EN-GAL/VIENNE

Since it was opened in autumn 1996, the museum of Saint-Romain-en-Gal/Vienne, built in an original, contemporary architectural style, has been the venue for the display of various fine collections, some of which belong to Vienne Municipality. Items on display include mosaics, murals, and local and imported ceramics that evoke the day-to-day setting of Vienne's inhabitants in the Roman era.
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