GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s) Roman sanctuary
  Perspective elevation
Author(s) Peiresc, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de
  Magistrate and antiquarian from Aix (1580-1637)
Resource type Drawing (pen and ink)
Date 1628
Inscription

« MAVSOLEE qui se void aucartier de Puyblanc [...] la bastide forte terroir d'Aix. 26 mars 1628. » / By another hand : « Le 28 Mars 1672 vn lundy aux heures de jour jay veu ce Mausolee en compagnie de Messire george allexis prebtre mon inthime et de Ms. Bonfilz son parent »

References Paris, BnF, ms. fr. 9530, f. 126
Bibliography

Gassendi 1641 ; DLF XVIIe siècle, pp. 979-980 ; Lemerle 2002-1, pp. 287-302 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 64-65, 84 ; Mocci/Nin 2006, pp. 463-465

Remarks

This early Roman sanctuary situated near the hamlet of Mourgues was demolished in 1760

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