GALLIA ROMANA

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

Ville	Bordeaux (Gironde, 33)
Subject(s)	Amphitheatre known as the “Palais Gallien”

Author(s)	Navagero, Andrea
	Venetian humanist and ambassador (1483-1529)
Resource type	Printed book
Date	1528
Inscription
References	Navagero 1563, ed. Tommaseo 1838, I, p. 18
Bibliography	Courteault 1913, pp. 368-372 ; Étienne 1962, pp. 191-195 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 40-41, 104-105
Remarks

Transcription « Fuora delle mura della città non molto, vi se vede un anfiteatro antico latericio, in bona parte ruinato, ma non però tanto che tutto non si veda molto bene ; anzi, da i gradi in fuora, e al ala di fuora, quasi tutto il resto sta in piedi. È di assai bona grandezza, e mostra ch’era molto bello. » = “Not far beyond the city walls, one can see an antique amphitheatre built in brick; it is a good deal run-down, but not so much that its general aspect is very impaired; indeed, apart from the steps and the external wing, most of it is still standing. It is rather sizeable and was clearly once very splendid.”