Entremont

An important oppidum near Aix-en-Provence, France, a Celto-Ligurian structure built in the third century BC (middle La Tène culture). It was the capital of the Salyes until destroyed by the Romans in the year c 125 BC. Entremont had a sanctuary with sculptured figures and finds include heads and torsos carved in the round, and four-sided limestone pillars with severed human heads and skulls carved in relief. It had ramparts built of large stone blocks, with watch towers, and inside were streets, houses of dry stone, drainage and water systems, all laid out on a rectilinear system.

An important oppidum near Aix-en-Provence, southern France, which was the capital of the Salyes from the 4th century bc until it was taken by the Romans in 123 bc. It had ramparts built of large stone blocks, with watch towers. Inside were streets, houses of dry stone, drainage and water systems, all laid out on a rectilinear system. It also had a sanctuary of the severed head cult, with four-sided pillars of stone carved with severed heads, separate carved stone heads and torsos and actual human skulls in niches, supported by iron nails.