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法国文化部周三称，巴黎地下发现的一段古墙是“重大突破”，这一考古发现可能证实了巴黎最初定居点的位置。
今年夏天，巴黎城岛一家酒店地下发现了一段长约65英尺的高卢罗马时期城墙，距离这座“光之城”中心的巴黎圣母院仅一箭之遥。
这段石木结构的遗迹被认为是吕泰西亚城墙的一部分——吕泰西亚是巴黎的古名，由铁器时代沿塞纳河定居的高卢巴黎西族所建。
长期以来，城岛被认为是吕泰西亚的中心，但有考古研究支持的另一理论认为，古吕泰西亚的位置在西部郊区楠泰尔。
“我们或许正在审视迄今为止为了解高卢时期吕泰西亚发现的最重要遗迹之一，”文化部长凯瑟琳·佩加尔在发给法新社的部内声明中说道。
巴黎市长埃马纽埃尔·格雷瓜尔2026年9月22日参观了巴黎市中心城岛迪约医院地下发现高卢罗马时期吕泰西亚城墙的考古现场。西蒙·沃尔法特 / 法新社/盖蒂图片社
“我们仍需秉持科学谨慎态度，验证其功能和年代，但目前各证据的契合度已格外显著，”她补充道。
吕泰西亚最早在罗马领袖尤利乌斯·凯撒《高卢战记》第七卷中被提及，书中称其位于塞纳河中的一座岛屿上——这一模糊描述催生了诸多关于其具体位置的理论。
此次在迪约医院地下发掘中出土的城墙还留有火烧痕迹，这可能与凯撒的记载相吻合：高卢人在对抗罗马人的吕泰西亚战役前焚毁了自己的城镇。
文化部在声明中表示，通过碳测年技术，这些烧焦的遗迹年代可追溯至公元前10年至公元前200年，这一时间范围涵盖了公元前52年的吕泰西亚战役。
城岛是巴黎圣母院所在地，也是巴黎大区塞纳河上最大的岛屿，后来成为罗马定居点吕泰西亚的中心。
巴黎圣母院本身也曾出土大量考古遗迹。今年6月，官方宣布发现多件文物，包括一枚四世纪硬币和神秘铭文。
2022年，考古学家在大教堂地下发掘出多座墓葬和一具可能可追溯至14世纪的石棺。
此次发现古墙的消息，距离法国塞恩岛附近海域出土一座大型史前石墙还不到一年。
An ancient wall discovered beneath a Paris hotel could confirm the city’s origins: “Major breakthrough”
2026-09-23T06:36:00-0400 / CBS News
An ancient wall discovered beneath Paris was described as a “major breakthrough” on Wednesday by France’s culture ministry, with the archaeological find possibly confirming the location of the city’s original settlement.
A roughly 65-foot wall dating from the Gallo-Roman period was discovered in Paris this summer beneath a hotel on the Ile de la Cite, a stone’s throw from Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of the City of Light.
The stone-and-wood find is thought to be a fragment of the ramparts of Lutetia — the ancient name for Paris — built by the Gallic Parisii tribe which lived along the river Seine in the Iron Age.
The Ile de la Cite has traditionally been regarded as the center of Lutetia, but a rival theory, backed by archaeological research, contends that it was in Nanterre, a suburb to the west.
“We may be looking at one of the most important remains ever discovered for understanding Gallic Lutetia,” Culture Minister Catherine Pegard said in a statement from her ministry which was sent to AFP.
Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire visits an archaeological site following the discovery of a Gallo-Roman era wall of Lutetia under the Hotel-Dieu hospital on the Ile de la Cite in central Paris, on September 22, 2026. SIMON WOHLFAHRT /AFP via Getty Images
“Scientific caution still requires that we verify its function and its chronology, but the convergence of evidence is particularly remarkable at this stage,” she added.
Lutetia was first mentioned in book seven of Roman leader Julius Caesar’s “Gallic Wars” series, where it was said to be on an island in the river Seine — a vague description that has given rise to many theories about its location.
The wall, uncovered in the course of excavations beneath the Hotel-Dieu, also bears traces of fire, which may correspond to Caesar’s account that the Gauls set fire to their town before the Battle of Lutetia against the Romans.
Through carbon dating technology, the charred evidence is estimated to date from 10-200 B.C., the ministry said in its statement — a timeframe that includes the Battle of Lutetia in 52 B.C.
The Ile de la Cite, home to Notre Dame cathedral, is the largest island in the river Seine in the Paris region and became the center of the Roman settlement of Lutetia.
Notre Dame itself has yielded numerous archaeological finds. In June, officials announced the discovery of multiple artifacts, including a fourth-century coin and mysterious inscriptions.
In 2022, several tombs and a sarcophagus likely dating from the 14th century were uncovered by archaeologists at the cathedral.
The news of the ancient wall comes less than a year after a massive prehistoric stone wall was found in the sea off the coast of France near the Île de Sein.
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