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65-Foot Ancient Wall Unearthed Under Paris’s Hôtel-Dieu Hospital

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 6:37 AM UTC · How we work

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Culture Minister Catherine Pégard announced a 65-foot ancient wall found in central Paris.
The wall lies beneath the Hôtel-Diu hospital on Île de la Cité near Notre Dame.
Carbon dating shows the wall burned between 200 and 10 B.C.
Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars records Gauls burned their town before the 52 B.C. Battle of Lutetia.
Pégard said the find could be a key Gallic Lutetia remain, though scientific caution remains necessary.

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Culture Minister Catherine Pégard announced a 65-foot ancient wall found in central Paris.
The wall lies beneath the Hôtel-Diu hospital on Île de la Cité near Notre Dame.
Carbon dating shows the wall burned between 200 and 10 B.C.
Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars records Gauls burned their town before the 52 B.C. Battle of Lutetia.
Pégard said the find could be a key Gallic Lutetia remain, though scientific caution remains necessary.