GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Grenoble (Isère, 38)
Subject(s) Town
  View of the town
Author(s) Anonymous engraver (15..?-15..?)
 
Resource type Woodcut
Date 1575
Inscription « LE VRAY PORTRAICT DE LA VILLE DE GRENOBLE »
References Belleforest 1575, I, 2, p. 321
Bibliography Chatel 1990, pp. 17-24 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 68-69, 84
Remarks

The late Roman city walls, perfectly visible on the plan, remained in place until 1591, date at which they were levelled on the orders of Lesdiguières

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