GALLIA ROMANA
Database of texts and images
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Ville | Saint-Chamas (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) |
Subject(s) | Pont Flavien |
Author(s) | Serlio, Sebastiano |
Italian painter and architect (1475/90-1553/57) | |
Resource type | Printed book |
Date | 1540 |
Inscription | |
References | Serlio 1540, f. IV |
Bibliography | Mesqui 1981, p. 170 ; Gateau 1996, pp. 281-282 ; Lemerle 2000-2, pp. 267-274 ; Frommel 2002, pp. 13-32 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 47, 88 |
Remarks | The 'Pont Flavien' (1st century) comprises a single semicircular arch constructed with large stone blocks. Triumphal arches stand at each entrance |
Transcription
« A san Chamante presso Auignone è vn bellissimo ponte, da l’vno e l’altro capo del quale vi è vn portone, che rappresenta vn’arco triomphale. » |