{"id":6985,"date":"2023-04-27T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/?page_id=6985"},"modified":"2024-06-18T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:07:20","slug":"the-permanent-tour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/en\/the-permanent-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The permanent tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section-group\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"pure-g\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-blue-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">The Mus\u00e9e Saint-Raymond is Toulouse&#8217;s archaeology museum. Inside this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/en\/museum-historic-monument-and-archaeological-site\/\">history-filled<\/a><\/strong> building, you&#8217;ll discover objects, the vast majority of which come from Toulouse and the surrounding region, as well as an archaeological site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>These collections provide an insight into local history from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The vast majority of the objects on display provide a better understanding of <em>Tolosa<\/em> during Antiquity, inhabited by the Gauls, Romans and Visigoths.<br>Some of these objects have been in the museum since it opened, while others only emerged from the ground a few years ago. The collections are regularly enriched by new archaeological discoveries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the 28,000 objects conserved by the Mus\u00e9e Saint-Raymond, only 3% are on display! For more information on the collections that are not on display at the museum, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/dans-les-reserves\/\">the pages dedicated to the collections in the reserves<\/a>.<br>The museum&#8217;s exhibits are spread over three levels, as shown below. You can now discover <a href=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/les-incontournables\/\">the museum\u2019s must-sees<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-grey-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-black-color has-grey-light-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>BONUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Game kits for all ages available on every floor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hidden objects to discover, reproductions to touch, videos to watch, and digital displays throughout the museum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"accordion-title\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n    <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-titleButton\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-collections-on-the-2nd-floor\"><strong>The collections on the 2nd floor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n    <\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n    \n\n<p>The second floor presents Toulouse and its region during Antiquity, inhabited by the Gauls, Romans and Visigoths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gallic-toulouse\">Gallic Toulouse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure  role=\"group\"  aria-label=\"Photographie : Mus\u00e9e Saint-Raymond\"  class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/3.-Photo-espace-gaulois_site-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the area dedicated to the Gauls.\" class=\"wp-image-3138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/3.-Photo-espace-gaulois_site-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/3.-Photo-espace-gaulois_site-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/3.-Photo-espace-gaulois_site-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/3.-Photo-espace-gaulois_site-414x277.jpg 414w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/3.-Photo-espace-gaulois_site.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Peir\u00e9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Long before the arrival of the Romans, the area around Toulouse was occupied by the <em>Volcae Tectosages<\/em>. It was they who produced the two sets of gold jewellery on display in the museum.<br>From the 2nd century BC onwards, these Gauls settled mainly in two areas, the Saint-Roch district and the hilltop site of Vieille-Toulouse, which was surrounded by a 200-hectare fortification. These two habitats are better known today thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=isFVIqLyPzM&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">excavations carried out since the early 2000s<\/a>. Following these excavations, new objects and information were incorporated into the museum tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-grey-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-black-color has-grey-light-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>BONUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 3D <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=jkigQJYp39I&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a>&nbsp;presenting the occupation of the <em>Tolosa<\/em> area since 1000 BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Models to help you understand the archaeologists\u2019 interpretation work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drawers to open to uncover hidden archaeological objects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tolosa-in-narbonnaise\"><em>Tolosa&nbsp;<\/em>in <em>Narbonnaise<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure  role=\"group\"  aria-label=\"\u00a9Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Peir\u00e9.\"  class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/4.2e-etage_site-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the second floor of the museum. Statues, mosaics, display cases and architectural elements are visible.\" class=\"wp-image-3142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/4.2e-etage_site-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/4.2e-etage_site-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/4.2e-etage_site-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/4.2e-etage_site-414x277.jpg 414w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/4.2e-etage_site.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Peir\u00e9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the 1st century BC, Roman <em>Tolosa<\/em> was built on the plain, along the right bank of the Garonne, and the Gallic town was abandoned. The remains, videos and models on display in the museum give an idea of what the Roman city looked like.<br>In Roman times, <em>Tolosa<\/em> was located in the <em>Narbonnaise<\/em> province. The museum displays objects from everyday life that belonged to the Romans who lived in the region.<br>As well as these everyday objects, statues are also on display, including an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/une-famille-formidable\/\">exceptional set<\/a> from B\u00e9ziers representing members of the very first family of emperors in the Roman Empire, the Julio-Claudian dynasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-grey-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-black-color has-grey-light-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>BONUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Touchable reproductions of objects (pottery, enlarged ivory spoon handle)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Roman <em>domus<\/em> (house) model to explore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pigments used in Roman paintings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mosaic techniques to discover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toulouse-capital-of-the-visigoths\">Toulouse, capital of the Visigoths<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure  role=\"group\"  aria-label=\"Section Wisigoths\"  class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/5.-Photo-espace-wisigoths_site-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the area dedicated to the Visigoths. Columns, models, a screen and display cases containing archaeological objects can all be seen.\" class=\"wp-image-3146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/5.-Photo-espace-wisigoths_site-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/5.-Photo-espace-wisigoths_site-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/5.-Photo-espace-wisigoths_site-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/5.-Photo-espace-wisigoths_site-414x298.jpg 414w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/5.-Photo-espace-wisigoths_site.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer: Lydia Mouysset\/Mus\u00e9e Saint-Raymond (Open licence-Etalab).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the early 5th century onwards, the Visigoths settled in Toulouse, which became the capital of their kingdom until 507. The Visigoths&#8217; occupation of the region is documented by objects discovered during archaeological excavations, some of which are very recent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-grey-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-black-color has-grey-light-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>BONUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-default wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 3D exploration of the tombs located on the site of Seysses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 3D <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tuLw-d4MC1U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> depicting the buildings in Toulouse&#8217;s Goth quarter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scale models of what remains of the Visigoth palace and the Daurade church<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"accordion-title\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n    <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-titleButton\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-collections-on-the-1st-floor\"><strong>The collections on the 1st floor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n    <\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n    \n\n<figure  role=\"group\"  aria-label=\"Photographie : Guillaume Lamarque \u2013 Licence Ouverte-Etalab\"  class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/6.-Photo-1-etage_Allee-des-bustes01_site-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the first floor of the museum. Roman busts are arranged on either side of a long gallery. Others are placed in front of the back wall. They are made of white marble, each resting on a grey base with an explanatory text on an orange background. On the right, you can see the arched windows lined with brick.\" class=\"wp-image-3150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/6.-Photo-1-etage_Allee-des-bustes01_site-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/6.-Photo-1-etage_Allee-des-bustes01_site-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/6.-Photo-1-etage_Allee-des-bustes01_site-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/6.-Photo-1-etage_Allee-des-bustes01_site-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/6.-Photo-1-etage_Allee-des-bustes01_site.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer: Guillaume Lamarque.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The works on display on the 1st floor come from the largest known Villa in Gaul, that of Chiragan. An exceptional set of statues was discovered in 1826 in Martres-Tolosane, approximately sixty kilometres away from Toulouse. Only Hadrian&#8217;s Villa in Tivoli and the Papyrus Villa in Herculaneum have revealed a greater number of marble sculptures!<br>But what is a Roman Villa? It&#8217;s an estate located outside a town, comprising residential buildings as well as farm buildings. The residential part of Villa Chiragan alone covered an area equivalent to 22 rugby pitches. The statues on display on the 1st floor of the museum come from there.<br>The Villa&#8217;s successive owners, between the 1st and 4th centuries, are unknown, but they belonged to the Roman elite and probably had links with imperial power, as they may have been provincial governors.<br>The Villa was destroyed at the end of Antiquity, and part of its decor was thrown into pits. The statues were damaged, and some parts were lost, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AH-yJi_aXbE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>this video<\/strong><\/a> explains. Time, and the cleaning carried out after their discovery, have also erased the colours they displayed during Antiquity, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KRCuGONAr4s&amp;list=PLHLu7JSsZXMr4UAsZtgjMR-X66KLoXf0H&amp;index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>researchers are now finding traces of them<\/strong><\/a>!<br>For further information, the <a href=\"https:\/\/villachiragan.saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>digital sculpture catalogue from the Roman Villa of Chiragan<\/strong><\/a> is available free of charge, in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-grey-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-black-color has-grey-light-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>BONUS<\/strong><br><br>3D coins which can be turned upside down, thus revealing their secrets!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-portrait-gallery\">The portrait gallery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure  role=\"group\"  aria-label=\"Premier \u00e9tage mus\u00e9e Saint-Raymond Toulouse\"  class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/7.-Photo-1-etage-bustes_Premier-etage-musee-Saint-Raymond-Toulouse_site-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the first floor of the museum. Roman busts are lined up. They are seen from the side. They are made of white marble, each resting on a grey base with an explanatory text on an orange background. In the background, on the right-hand side of the image, we can see other busts placed in front of the wall.\" class=\"wp-image-3154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/7.-Photo-1-etage-bustes_Premier-etage-musee-Saint-Raymond-Toulouse_site-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/7.-Photo-1-etage-bustes_Premier-etage-musee-Saint-Raymond-Toulouse_site-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/7.-Photo-1-etage-bustes_Premier-etage-musee-Saint-Raymond-Toulouse_site-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/7.-Photo-1-etage-bustes_Premier-etage-musee-Saint-Raymond-Toulouse_site-414x235.jpg 414w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/7.-Photo-1-etage-bustes_Premier-etage-musee-Saint-Raymond-Toulouse_site.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer: Daniel Martin (Open licence-Etalab).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the portraits on display in the gallery were sculpted between the 1st and 3rd centuries, in marble from Asia Minor (now Turkey). They depict members of the emperor&#8217;s family, as well as unidentified members of the Roman elite.<br>This collection shows how portraiture also followed fashion, as the beardless faces of the 1st century gradually gave way to portraits with beards and curly hair!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mythological-statues\">Mythological statues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure  role=\"group\"  aria-label=\"Photographie : \u00a9 Jean-Fan\u00e7ois Peir\u00e9\"  class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/8.-Photo-1-mythologie_1er-etage-JFP-26_site-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the first floor of the museum. White marble statues are placed in front of a grey wall. In the foreground is a full-length statue of the goddess Athena Minerva. Her head and arms are missing. She is wearing a long, pleated garment. In the background, on the left, is a statue of the god Pluto-Sarapis and the three-headed dog Cerberus. Cerberus' two side heads are broken, as are part of Pluto's legs. Athena and Pluto are almost life-size. To the right of the image, in front of the wall, twelve small display cases stacked one on top of the other like boxes show small statues about twenty centimetres high.\" class=\"wp-image-3158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/8.-Photo-1-mythologie_1er-etage-JFP-26_site-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/8.-Photo-1-mythologie_1er-etage-JFP-26_site-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/8.-Photo-1-mythologie_1er-etage-JFP-26_site-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/8.-Photo-1-mythologie_1er-etage-JFP-26_site-414x277.jpg 414w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/8.-Photo-1-mythologie_1er-etage-JFP-26_site.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 Jean-Fan\u00e7ois Peir\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Villa was also decorated with numerous mythological statues. These statues were inspired by Greek art. In fact, Greek statues were highly prized by the Romans, who made numerous copies. Furthermore, it is mainly thanks to these copies that Greek works are well-known, as they were made in bronze and were often melted down and lost!<br>Roman copies were faithful reproductions, or included adaptations, such as changes in size or detail, or sometimes combined several models to create new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of Chiragan&#8217;s statues were inspired by famous Greek works, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/la-musique-nadoucit-pas-les-moeurs\/\"><strong>Myron\u2019s Athena<\/strong><\/a> or Praxiteles&#8217; Venus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-labours-of-hercules-and-the-tetrarchy\">The Labours of Hercules and the Tetrarchy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure  role=\"group\"  aria-label=\"Photographie : \u00a9 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Peir\u00e9\"  class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/9.-Travaux-Hercule-1-etage-MSR-1er-decor-imperial_JFP_site-1024x589.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the first floor of the museum, Hercules area. Over two thirds of the picture, on the left, nine marble reliefs represent the labours of Hercules: the Lernaean Hydra, the Erymanthus boar, the Stables of Augias, the birds of Lake Stymphalus, the giant Geryon, King Diomedes, the belt of the Amazons, the Garden of the Hesperides and Cerberus. On the right, a statue of Maximian Hercules can be seen on the side, of which only the head and arms remain. Other statues and reliefs can be seen in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-3162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/9.-Travaux-Hercule-1-etage-MSR-1er-decor-imperial_JFP_site-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/9.-Travaux-Hercule-1-etage-MSR-1er-decor-imperial_JFP_site-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/9.-Travaux-Hercule-1-etage-MSR-1er-decor-imperial_JFP_site-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/9.-Travaux-Hercule-1-etage-MSR-1er-decor-imperial_JFP_site-414x238.jpg 414w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/9.-Travaux-Hercule-1-etage-MSR-1er-decor-imperial_JFP_site.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Peir\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was apparently at the end of the 3rd century that Villa Chiragan received a new sculpted decor. These works were made from local marble quarried at Saint-B\u00e9at in the Pyrenees. They represent divinities, as well as members of emperor Maximian Hercules\u2019 family. Maximian did not identify with Hercules by chance. Like the hero, he had fought many enemies and wanted his strength to be recognised. In fact, the exceptional reliefs depicting the Labours of Hercules were certainly made in the same workshop as the portraits of Maximian&#8217;s family. The faces of the hero and the emperor were very similar! Unlike mythological statues inspired by famous Greek works, these reliefs are one of a kind, and have no known equivalent.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"accordion-title\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n    <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-titleButton\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-collections-in-the-basement\"><strong><strong>The collections in the basement<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n    <\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"accordion-content\">\n    \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"an-archaeological-site\">An archaeological site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure  role=\"group\"  aria-label=\"Photographie : Fran\u00e7ois-Louis Pons \u2013 Licence Ouverte-Etalab.\"  class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/10.-FOUR-A-CHAUX-2-FLPons_site-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the lime kiln. The kiln is seen from above, slightly to one side. It is circular in shape. The sides flare out towards the top. They are made of bricks laid in a fishbone pattern. At the base of the circle is a flat surface. On this surface are fragments of sarcophagi and stones decorated with geometric patterns. In the centre of this surface is a rectangular pit, the bricks of which can be seen. This pit was used to store wood.\" class=\"wp-image-3166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/10.-FOUR-A-CHAUX-2-FLPons_site-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/10.-FOUR-A-CHAUX-2-FLPons_site-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/10.-FOUR-A-CHAUX-2-FLPons_site-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/10.-FOUR-A-CHAUX-2-FLPons_site-414x311.jpg 414w, https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/10.-FOUR-A-CHAUX-2-FLPons_site.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer: Fran\u00e7ois-Louis Pons (Open liecence-Etalab).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As things aren&#8217;t done by halves, the Mus\u00e9e Saint-Raymond is not only an archaeology museum, but also an <a href=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/en\/museum-historic-monument-and-archaeological-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>archaeological site<\/strong><\/a>! Around a hundred burials were discovered when the museum was extended in the 1990s. Some sarcophagi were left in place, and can be seen when entering the basement. Another exceptional vestige has been preserved: a kiln used to produce lime, a material used to make mortar and construct buildings. For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/saintraymond.toulouse.fr\/chaux-must-go-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>page devoted to the lime kiln<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-grey-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-black-color has-grey-light-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>LES PETITS + AU MUS\u00c9E<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Lime starts now<\/em>: the different stages of lime production can be discovered by activating lights that change the kiln\u2019s lighting. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mus\u00e9e Saint-Raymond is Toulouse&#8217;s archaeology museum. 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