Temple of Mars, Corseul

The Temple "of Mars" is the vestige of a Romano-Celtic fanum and its courtyard, located in Corseul, in the department of Côtes-d'Armor [1]. The temple is located at a place called "Haut-Bécherel" [1]. The sanctuary, a Roman temple of Gaulish tradition, was probably built around the middle of the 1st century CE [1]. It was used until the end of the 3rd century [1]. Inside, the cella originally held the statue of a deity to whom the fanum was dedicated, which would have been venerated by pilgrims walking in procession around its sacred chamber [1]. It is traditionally referred to as the "temple of Mars", but this attribution to the cult of Mars is not based on any decisive evidence [1]. The dimensions of the overall sanctuary structure are approximately 90 x 80 m [1]. This makes it one of the largest sanctuaries in all of Gaul [1].