The well-preserved medieval village of Lupianus is a nice surprise. On each street corner stands eye-catching architecture, including the ramparts of the Lord's Château, as well as three registered historical sites: the Saint-Hippolyte Chapel (12^th Century) recognised as one of the most important Romanesque monuments in the region; the imposing Sainte-Cécile Church (14^th Century) in a Languedoc Gothic style and the remains of a Paleo-Christian church. Without forgetting the Gallo-Roman villa of Loupianus along the remnants of Via Domitia.

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This former wine estate uncovered by archaeological excavations included a luxurious house decorated with 5^th Century mosaics. Not far from  Via Domitia and Thau lagoon, it dates back to the year 1 BC. Initially only a modest farm, it gradually grew to become a vast agricultural field typical of those in Antiquity. Today, the small palace's superb polychrome mosaics still decorate its soil. It reached its peak in the 2^nd Century and was later abandoned in the 6^th Century. Transformed into a museum, Villa Loupian honours a centuries'-old viticulturist past and recounts six centuries in the life of an immense Gallo-Roman farm with the tremendous  advantage of presenting the remains "in situ".

Villa-Loupian -  04 67 18 68 18 - https://patrimoine.agglopole.fr/visites/au-musee-villa-loupian/