点评:We visited the Fontaines Salées on a very drab day out of the main tourist season. Both its name and the ruins conjure an image of the Gallo-Roman population languishing in a salt-water bathing complex. We learned that it was only during Neolithic times that the slightly salty water that emerges here thanks to a fault line between two different geologies (the Massif Armoricain and the Paris Basin) was thought to have been exploited. We found the small museum attached to the ruins interesting and well-curated. No matter how many Romanised sites one visits, there are always artefact types one has never seen before, which help to round the picture of this period. The ruins themselves are located in a Natura 2000 zone, so there were panels that explained the natural highlights to be seen during spring and summer. The 'puits' or wells containing the salt water still exist, some of which contained jolly green water frogs. Traces of the bath house were quite unusual in design. The complex was originally thought to have been a sanctuary, but without temples or a theatre, that theory is now being questioned. It is undoubtedly a lovely area, so close to Saint-Père and Vézelay. The welcome was matter-of-fact. When we were summoned to leave at lunchtime, we discovered there'd been an introductory section right next to the ticket counter that hadn't been pointed out to us at the start, which would've been beneficial to our understanding of the Fontaines Salées, but then here wasn't time to take it in.
翻译:我们参观了萨莱喷泉(Fontaines Salées),那天天气非常沉闷,并非旅游旺季。它的名字和遗址都让人联想到高卢罗马人沐浴在咸水浴场中。我们了解到,直到新石器时代,由于两个不同地质构造(阿莫里卡山脉和巴黎盆地)之间的断层线,这里才出现了略带咸味的泉水,人们认为这种泉水才被开发利用。我们发现遗址旁的小型博物馆引人入胜,而且布置得井井有条。无论参观多少罗马时期的遗址,总能找到一些从未见过的文物,这有助于我们更好地了解这个时期。遗址本身位于自然保护地2000(Natura 2000)保护区,因此有一些展板介绍了春夏季节的自然景观。盛有咸水的“puits”(水井)至今仍然存在,其中一些水井里还有活泼的绿色水蛙。澡堂的遗迹设计也相当独特。这片建筑群最初被认为是一座圣殿,但由于没有神庙或剧院,这一理论如今受到了质疑。毫无疑问,这里景色优美,而且距离圣佩雷和韦兹莱如此之近。接待非常平易近人。午餐时间,我们被叫去离开时,发现售票处旁边有一个介绍区,一开始并没有人指出来,这本来有助于我们了解盐泉喷泉,但当时已经没时间细细品味了。