L’établissement fortifié de hauteur alto-médiéval de Château-sur-Salins (Salins-les-Bains, Jura)

  • Gandel, Philippe
  • Billoin, David
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Publication date
January 2017
Publisher
OpenEdition
Language
French

Abstract

International audienceThe hilltop fortified settlement of Château-Salins is established on a vast plateau overlooking a major circulation axe, near a town whose dynamism along the Early Middle Ages is related to salt exploitation. The civilian, religious and defensive substructures, installed ex nihilo on two areas of the plateau since the early 7th c. AD, must correspond – considering their ostentatious features – to a vast project initiated by a strong civilan or religious power.L’établissement fortifié de hauteur de Château-sur-Salins (Jura) est établi sur un vaste plateau surplombant un axe majeur de circulation, à proximité d’une agglomération dont le dynamisme durant le haut Moyen Âge est lié à l’exploitation du sel. Les infrastructur...

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