GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Langres (Haute-Marne, 52) |
| Subject(s) | Triumphal arches |
| Author(s) | Belleforest, François de |
| Professional writer, king's historiographer (1530-1583) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1575 |
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| References | Belleforest 1575, I, 1, p. 390 |
| Bibliography | DLF XVIe siècle, pp. 125-127 ; Simonin 1987, pp. 433-451 ; Joly 2001, pp. 48-51 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 68-69, 123 |
| Remarks | Belleforest alludes here to two triumphal arches which had been incorporated into the city walls as gateways and were known as the 'Porte Romaine' and the 'Arc de Longe-Porte' |
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Transcription
« De ce conflit [opposant Romains aux Germains] en (sic) voit encore les marques a Langres en certains arcs tryomphaux, les restes desquels sont és murailles de la ville, servant de Trophee de ceste victoire, comme aussi vous voyez des statues de chevaux, lyons, & hommes, qui ressentans leur œuvre d’antiquité, rendent aussi tesmoignage de ceste bataille. » |
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