Villa romaine de Warcq

The site will be open to the public during the European Heritage Days on September 19 and 20, 2026. Archaeologists from the Departmental Council will offer guided tours of the Roman villa as well as workshops between 9 a.m. and 17 p.m.
After these two days, the site will be open to visitors with free access thanks to the educational trail.

Rare for their luxury and state of preservation, the Roman baths dating from the beginning of our era have been discovered near Charleville-Mézières. They bear witness to a rich past buried in the Ardennes subsoil. Restoration work will be undertaken to preserve them. Following this, the site will be developed into a place for scientific education and sharing, accessible to all.

Since 2009, the Departmental Council of the Ardennes has had an archaeological operations unit, reconciling the safeguarding of the Ardennes archaeological heritage and the development of new development projects. The latter, during the excavation led by Julien Bruyère, in the spring of 2017 in Warcq, made it possible to highlight these thermal baths. This complete set includes different rooms dedicated to baths, an ingenious heating system and various ornaments of white and colored marble.

To this day, we must protect these vestiges so that they resist time and continue to tell us our story. The project consists of restoring this complex, namely draining the soil and consolidating the thermal baths so that they can withstand this new exposure to the open air, and then promoting the site through educational panels as well as through adequate development. for future visitors allowing them to approach the site without damaging it.

If this project appeals to you and you'd like to be part of this exciting adventure, contributing to the restoration of these thermal baths and, more broadly, to the development of the region, then please make a donation! Rare for their luxury and state of preservation, these baths, dating from the beginning of our era, were discovered near Charleville-Mézières. They bear witness to a rich past buried in the Ardennes subsoil. Restoration work will be undertaken to preserve them. Following this, the site will be developed to create a place for scientific learning and sharing, accessible to all.

Since 2009, the Departmental Council of the Ardennes has had an archaeological operations unit, reconciling the safeguarding of the Ardennes archaeological heritage and the development of new development projects. The latter, during the excavation led by Julien Bruyère, in the spring of 2017 in Warcq, made it possible to highlight these thermal baths. This complete set includes different rooms dedicated to baths, an ingenious heating system and various ornaments of white and colored marble.

To this day, we must protect these vestiges so that they resist time and continue to tell us our story. The project consists of restoring this complex, namely draining the soil and consolidating the thermal baths so that they can withstand this new exposure to the open air, and then promoting the site through educational panels as well as through adequate development. for future visitors allowing them to approach the site without damaging it.

This project appeals to you and you want to be part of this great adventure and thus contribute to the enhancement of these thermal baths and more broadly to the development of the territory, so make a donation!