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Lambinet Museum – Lecture: ‘The excavations of the Merovingian necropolis beneath the Grand Commun’
Sunday 21 June 2026
17:00 to 18:00
Location : Musée Lambinet
Destination
54 boulevard de la Reine
78000
Versailles
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 48.808966
Longitude : 2.130624
Event Organizer
Musée Lambinet
Location
Musée Lambinet
54 boulevard de la Reine
78000
Versailles
Presentation
Cécile Buquet tells the little-known story of a place that, long before the palace was built, was already known as Versailles.
What if the history of Versailles didn’t begin with Louis XIV, or even Louis XIII?
Beneath the Cour du Grand Commun, archaeological excavations have unearthed a wealth of remains: ancient buildings, a jeu de paume court… and, above all, a Merovingian necropolis that had been forgotten for over a thousand years.
Come and discover the buried history of a place that, long before the palace, was already Versailles.
Museum auditorium.
Beneath the Cour du Grand Commun, archaeological excavations have unearthed a wealth of remains: ancient buildings, a jeu de paume court… and, above all, a Merovingian necropolis that had been forgotten for over a thousand years.
Come and discover the buried history of a place that, long before the palace, was already Versailles.
Museum auditorium.
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