Éphèbe - Museum

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Located in a green setting at the entrance to Cap d'Agde, the Ephèbe and Underwater Archaeology Museum presents the riches of Agde's heritage.

Exceptional collections, the result of 50 years of discoveries in the Hérault River, at sea, and in the Thau lagoon, which bear witness to Agde's economic activity over the centuries. For Agde, a 2,600-year-old Greek city and crossroads of civilizations, has revealed true sunken treasures: cargoes of tableware, royal navy armaments, maritime transport of amphorae and raw materials, trade in works of art... including the famous statue of the Alexander of Agde, known as "the Ephèbe," the only Hellenistic bronze to have been found in French waters. Etruscans, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Visigoths, Saracens, Vikings, Spaniards, Italians: all have left their mark on the history of Agathé.