Fanum d'Aron

A Romano-Celtic temple (fanum) in Aurillac, Auvergne, France, discovered in 1970 and excavated 1977-1978. Unique for its circular cella surrounded by a sixteen-sided polygonal ambulatory with grooved Corinthian columns, a rare design in the Arverni region. Active from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD, excavations recovered rich finds including coins, glass artifacts, sculpted trachyte capitals depicting the Sun and Moon, terracotta antefixes, and ceramics. Listed as a monument historique in 1980, with artifacts now displayed at the Aurillac Museum of Art and Archaeology.