GALLIA ROMANA

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Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15th-17th centuries)

Notice

Ville Saint-Chamas (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s) Pont Flavien
 
Author(s) Gölnitz, Abraham
  Geographer and cartographer from Danzig (15.. ?–16.. ?)
Resource type Printed book
Date 1631
Inscription
References Gölnitz 1631, p. 524
Bibliography

Mesqui 1981, p. 170 ; Gateau 1996, pp. 281-282 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 34-35, 88

Remarks

The 'Pont Flavien' (1st century) comprises a single semicircular arch constructed with large stone blocks. Triumphal arches stand at each entrance

Transcription 

« Altero mane in viâ, quæ ducit ad opid. S. Chamas, occurrit rivulus per vicina prata & agros se extendens : cui pons superstructus, antiquus Romani ædificii index, latus vi, longus xxx passus ; duobus fornicibus affabrè structis subsistens, inscriptioneque antiquâ insignitus. »