language (and sometimes also Romance speakers) was called "Frank". The Merovingian dynasty is known since the 5th century and their empire came to rule...

for its Gallo-Roman section. Its collection of Roman sculptures and Merovingian funerary art is one of the best in the world.   49.6852585.813391 Cinema...

from prehistoric times to the 20th century: very beautiful Gallo-Roman, Merovingian and medieval pieces, facsimiles of the town's history archives, grain...

the 11th century, but the apse and the apsidal chapels are from the Merovingian period. 44.2390045.0746641 Roman bridge, 2 Avenue César Geoffray (crossing...

Empire, and in the Islamic Caliphates. The Franks rose to power under the Merovingian dynasty, and converted to Catholic Christianity in the 5th century. An...

Julius Caesar. The settlement flourished during the Middle Ages, when the Merovingians built a castle on the rocky spur overlooking the town at the confluence...

Europe until the First World War. The Franks rose to power under the Merovingian dynasty, and converted to Catholic Christianity in the 5th century; Charlemagne...

Closed on M, unless it is a holiday. Houses Celtic gold, Roman glassware, Merovingian filigree work, and the dodecahedron (12-facet ball), an unusual Gallo-Roman...

the old town. There has been at least two cathedrals here earlier, a Merovingian cathedral founded by St Pallais, and a Romanesque cathedral of which...