GALLIA ROMANA
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Ville | Lyon (Rhône, 69) |
Subject(s) | Aqueducts |
Author(s) | Gölnitz, Abraham |
Geographer and cartographer from Danzig (15.. ?–16.. ?) | |
Resource type | Printed book |
Date | 1631 |
Inscription | |
References | Gölnitz 1631, pp. 341, 358 |
Bibliography | Lemerle 2005, pp. 34-35, 111 ; Le Mer/Chomer 2007, pp. 206-208 |
Remarks | In particular, Gölnitz describes here the remains of the aqueducts known as 'Grotte Berelle' and those of the 'Porte de Trions' |
Transcription
« In ipsa via, quâ inter muros civitatis & nonnullos hortos ascenditur versus templum la Forviere, spectantur IV columnæ, rudera antiqui ædificii, quæ olim aquæductibus inserviisse comparent. Hi autem aquæductus, ut habet commune populi effatum, aliquot milliarium longitudine protendebantur, usque dum ad ipsam scaturiginem pervenirent, aquas haurirent, inque urbem deferrent. Ideò autem tam longo itinere deducebatur aqua, quòd, cùm urbs destitueretur adeò salubribus aquis, illa purior per longos meatus & defæcatior reddebatur priusquam ad usus hominum perveniret. Eorundem aquæductuum adhuc hodiè non procul ab urbe conspiciuntur rudera, per Saracenos, magnam Galliæ partem sub Pipinotum imperio devastantes, dejectorum. [...] [358]
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