GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Orange (Vaucluse, 84) |
| Subject(s) | Roman city gate |
| Author(s) | Combe, Jean de |
| Physician at Manosque (17th century) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1645 |
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| References | Combe 1645, p. 93 |
| Bibliography | Lemerle 2003, pp. 17-20 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 93-95; Roumégoux 2009, pp. 268-270 |
| Remarks | The round tower was one of the gates of the Roman city walls which had been reconverted into a small fort in the style of a triumphal arch and then ruined in the 13th century. Combe apparently drew on La Pise |
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Transcription
« Il y a quelques années qu’on a demoly dans Orange une vieille Tour (non toutefois sans reproche de toute la posterité) dans l’enceinte de laquelle il y avoit quantité de Bains. » |
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