Naix-aux-Forges

Naix -aux -Forges is a municipality in the department of Meuse in the Lorraine region of northeastern France. It lies in the valley of the river Ornain, 8 km from Ligny -en- Barrois.

History

Naix -aux -Forges was in Roman times the name Nasium, founded in the 1st century BC In its heyday, included Nasium an area of ​​120 hectares and was next to Metz, the largest settlement in what is now the Lorraine. In the 2nd century AD geographer Ptolemy as she mentioned the one of the main places of Leuker.

The statue of a fertility and mother goddess (Latin Matrona ), as well as a Roman oculist stamp were discovered in the excavations and are now in the Museum of Bar -le- Duc.

In the spring of 912 the Frankish king Theodoric II occupied during the war campaign against his rival brother Theudebert II the fixing of Naix -aux -Forges.

Demographics

Temple of Mazeroie

Nasium column

Oculist - stamps

Matrona Statue