Arlon - Musée Luxembourgeois

Leaving the Place Léopold by the Rue des Faubourgs and turning left into the Rue des Martyrs leads us to Arlon's exceptionally interesting Musée Luxembourgeois, three rooms of which are taken up by a collection of Roman tombstones and sarcophagi unique in Belgium.

Particularly noteworthy among the sculptures are a relief showing travelers in the course of their journey (A.D. 170-80), statues of a divine horseman and various other gods, a satyr-decorated stele, and a large fragment found only recently, in 1980, carved with scenes from ancient mythology.

The room devoted to ceramics and Roman artifacts contains vases, glassware, bronzes, weaponry etc.

There is much to see apart from the Roman finds. One room