GALLIA ROMANA

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Notice

Ville Saint-Chamas (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s) Pont Flavien
 
Author(s) Peiresc, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de
  Magistrate and antiquarian from Aix (1580-1637)
Resource type Drawing (pen and ink)
Date 1600-1637
Inscription
References Paris, BnF, ms. fr. 9530, f. 86v°
Bibliography

Gassendi 1641 ; DLF XVIIe siècle, pp. 979-980 ; Mesqui 1981, II, p. 170 ; Gateau 1996, pp. 281-282 ; Lemerle 2002-1, pp. 287-302 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 64-65, 88

Remarks

The 'Pont Flavien' (1st century) comprises a single semicircular arch constructed with large stone blocks. Triumphal arches stand at each entrance. Peiresc's drawing shows a corner pilaster of one of the arches

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