GALLIA ROMANA

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Ville	Lyon (Rhône, 69)
Subject(s)	Odeon

Author(s)	Platter, Thomas II
	Physician from Basel, younger brother of Felix Platter (1574-1628)
Resource type	Manuscript
Date	1595
Inscription
References	Platter A λ V, f. 19, ed. Keiser 1968, p. 38
Bibliography	Keiser 1968 ; Le Roy Ladurie 1995 ; Le Roy Ladurie 2000 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 28-31, 110-111 ; Le Mer/Chomer 2007, pp. 558-559
Remarks	The passages in italics were added by Platter subsequently to the period in which the rest of the text was written (1604-1605)

Transcription « Auf dem berg Forviere sindt heüt mehrtheils weinberg in die maur eingeschloßen; unndt sicht man alda andeütungen eines (amphitheatri) schaupltazes unndt sehr prächtigen gebeüwes bey dem kreütz de Colle. » = “On the Fourvière hill, there are today a whole series of vineyards comprised within the walls and one can see traces of an entertainment venue (amphitheatre) and of some very splendid buildings situated near the 'Croix de Colle'.”