Editing Orbe (section)

==Heritage sites of national significance==
The [[Gallo-Roman villa of Orbe-Boscéaz|Boscéaz]] (a [[Gallo-Roman culture|Gallo-Roman]] villa), Orbe Castle with its two towers and plaza, the [[Swiss Reformed Church|Swiss Reformed]] [[Reformed Church of Notre-Dame, Orbe|Church of Notre-Dame]] and the [[City Hall]] are listed as Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]].  The entire old town of Orbe is part of the [[Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte|year=2009|work=KGS Inventar|publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection|language=de|access-date=25 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|archive-date=28 June 2010}}</ref>

The Gallo-Roman villa is known for its Roman mosaics,<ref>{{cite web | last1=Pauchard | first1=Oliver | title=Switzerland's Hidden Treasure Trove of Roman Mosaics | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/roman-ruins_switzerland-s-hidden-treasure-trove-of-roman-mosaics-/44330286 | date=22 August 2018 | publisher=[[Swissinfo]] | access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> which are composed of several hundreds of pieces on the floor of the original site.  The villa was a palace belonging to a rich but unknown landowner. It was built around AD 160 and abandoned about 270. Nowadays, eight mosaics are still visible<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archeoplus.ch/en/archaeo/orbe/orbe-en-index.htm|title=Archeoplus - Orbe (VD)|website=www.archeoplus.ch|language=en|access-date=2018-11-04}}</ref> and can be visited. A ninth mosaic, discovered in 1993, is being restored and it is not open for public visits.

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File:Orbe 5.JPG|Orbe Castle
File:Orbe 4.JPG|[[Reformed Church of Notre-Dame, Orbe|Swiss Reformed Church of Notre-Dame]]
File:Orbe-Bosceaz (3).jpg|alt=Orbe-Bosceaz: mosaic of the Divinities|Gallo-Roman villa: Mosaic of the divinities
File:Orbe-Bosceaz (5).jpg|Gallo-Roman villa: mosaic of the "Cortège rustique"
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