Gisacum
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Gisacum was a Gallo-Roman religious sanctuary, near the settlement of Mediolanum Aulercorum (Évreux), in the territory of the Eburovices[1] in northern Gaul (now Normandy). It is located on the territory of the moder commune of Le Vieil-Évreux (lit. "Old Évreux").
In the 1st century CE a vast sanctuary was laid out, about 6 km southeast of Mediolanum Aulercorum, on an all-but-unique plan: monumental public structures isolated at the center were surrounded by a vast empty space, with the urban habitations around a hexagonal periphery, 5.6 km in circumference, enclosing an area of some 2.5 km².
Gisacum has been excavated with increasing care since the early 19th century. The recent campaigns began in 1996.
