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Mont Sacon, Nistos / Sacoue

temple
Type
temple

Nistos

Pleiades ID: 246520

sanctuary

Description

A sanctuary on Mont Sacon at an elevation of 1541 meters above sea level.

See Further

  • BAtlas 25 F2 Nistos
    Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.
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  • CAG 65 329
    Lussault, A. Carte archéologique de la Gaule 65 Hautes-Pyrénées. Paris, 1997.
  • PECS (Perseus) NISTOS and SACOUE Hautes-Pyrénées, France
    Stillwell, Richard, William L MacDonald, and Marian Holland McAllister, eds. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006.
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Names

Creators & Contributors

H.S. Sivan S.J. Keay R.W. Mathisen DARMC R. Talbert Sean Gillies Johan Åhlfeldt Jeffrey Becker Tom Elliott

Citation Information

H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, and R.W. Mathisen. "Nistos" Pleiades, 24 May 2022. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246520.
Last modified: 2022-05-24T14:16:47Z

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (PECS)

PECS Reference

NISTOS and SACOUE Hautes-Pyrénées, France.

Excavations in 1956 disclosed on top of Mont Sacon at the peak of Tourron a summit sanctuary 1541 m high. The sanctuary had many small votive altars of white Saint-Béat marble. It seems to have been dedicated to Jupiter and was undoubtedly destroyed after the spread of Christianity.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

G. Fouet, “Cultes gallo-romains de sommets dans nos Pyrénées centrales: le Mont Sacon,” Rev. de Comminges 76 (1963) 13-16; G. Fouet & A. Soutou, “Une cime pyrénéenne consacrée à Jupiter: le Mont Sacon (1541 m.),” Gallia 21 (1963) 275-94.

M. LABROUSSE

Nearby Points of Interest

Ferrère

3024m away

Mauléon-Barousse

3580m away

Basilique Saint-Just de Valcabrère

6518m away

Location

42.981286, 0.5370247