The Departmental Week of the History and Archeology of the Var is renewed and is held throughout the Var territory, from Monday March 6 to Saturday March 11, 2023.
For this 2nd edition, the desire of the Department of Var remains the same: to highlight and make accessible culture in the Var, everywhere, for everyone, and more particularly history and archeology.
Every day, during this dedicated week, a historical conference and an archaeological conference are proposed and given by distinguished speakers.
The exhibition Le Var en BD, une histoire, will be inaugurated on Monday. It will last until November 3 at the Departmental Archives of Draguignan.
Five colleges welcome archaeologists from the Departmental Archeology Service of the Department of Var, for conferences lasting one hour. In total, 23 classes, from sixth to third, i.e. nearly 700 Var schoolchildren, will benefit from these enriching encounters.
A study day on the principle of absolute monarchy and the practices of absolutism in France, 16th-18th centuries takes place at the Abbey of La Celle.
Finally, this week ends on Saturday March 11 with the day of archeology in the Var, where 13 speakers take stock of the latest excavation campaigns carried out on the territory.
ARCHEOLOGY DAY IN THE VAR, SATURDAY MARCH 11, 2023
SAINT-RAPHAËL FROM 9:30 AM TO 4:45 PM
Cultural Center – Free entry
Witness to the past and the evolution of human activities, the archaeological heritage is a non-renewable cultural asset that must be preserved and enhanced. In the Var, the Department’s Archeology service is approved by the State to carry out archaeological diagnoses and excavations for certain historical periods. Each year, there are between 40 and 50 diagnostic prescriptions and 3 to 7 searches. The Var Archeology Day in Saint-Raphaël, on Saturday March 11, 2022, offers an inventory of the latest excavation campaigns carried out in the Var with 13 speakers.
9 H 30 : 2022 review and retrospective over 10 years of prescriptions on photovoltaic parks by Corinne Landuré (Regional Archeology Service).
10 H : Le Fournas in Draguignan, a small farm from the Roman period, by Patrick Digelmann (Var Departmental Archeology Service).
10 H 30 : The excavation of a hydraulic mill discovered in Fréjus and its development within the park of the Roman Platform by Nicolas Portalier (City of Fréjus).
11 H 15 : The excavation of the Galetas cave in Aiguines by Thomas Castin (Departmental Archeology Service of the Alpes de Haute Provence).
11 H 30 : The excavation in the Jabron valley by Giulia Ricci, (researcher attached to the CNRS LAMPEA laboratory in Aix-en-Provence).
12 H : The Saint-Jean de La Valette church at the origins of the city of La Valette-du-Var by Nathalie Gonzalez (Var Departmental Archeology Service).
14 H : Solliès-Toucas, an ancient occupation by Bastien Lemaire (Mosaic).
14 H 30 : La Farlède, the excavations of the penitentiary center by Thomas Navarro (National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research)
15 H : Ollioules, chemin de Faveyrolles: the 2022 campaign, preliminary results by Bertrand Gourlin and Alexandre Ayasse (National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research)
15 H 45 : The collegiate church of Six-Fours-les-Plages by Thomas Navarro (National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research)
16 H 15 : Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume: the Enclos Garden Nathalie Gonzalez (Var Departmental Archeology Service).
16 H 45 : Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, prehistoric occupation by Johanna Recchia (Paleotime
