GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Béziers (Hérault, 34)
Subject(s) Roman city walls / Tower
  Perspective elevation
Author(s) Rulman, Anne de
  Protestant lawyer attached to the tribunal of Nîmes (1583-1639)
Resource type Drawing (pen and ink)
Date 1626-1628
Inscription « La tour des Prisons du Roy en lestat quelle est »
References Paris, BnF, ms. fr. 8648, f. 150
Bibliography Clavel 1970, pp. 250-252 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 62-63
Remarks

The drawing shows one of two round towers still comprised in the city walls in Rulman's time. The other was situated in the 'Cour des Officiers Royaux'. They were both demolished in the 17th century

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