Mont Lassois

Mont Lassois is a hill in the commune of Vix, near Châtillon-sur-Seine in the Côte-d'Or, France, that rises about 100 m above the upper Seine valley and is known for its remains of the Hallstatt culture. At the end of the Hallstatt period it was an oppidum that seems to have controlled the circulation of tin from Great Britain to Italy; its people, ruled in the 6th century BCE by a female aristocracy, taxed the passing convoys. A rich tumulus at Vix holds a woman, probably a queen or a priestess, and excavations since 2002 have revealed the Vix Palace, a very large building. The city of Latiscum later stood on the hill, which is crowned by the church of Saint-Marcel.