GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Bordeaux (Gironde, 33)
Subject(s) Pillars of Tutela
 
Author(s) Welsch, Hieronymus
  German traveller (16..?-16..?)
Resource type Printed book
Date 1658
Inscription
References Welsch 1658, p. 299
Bibliography Étienne 1962, pp. 187-191; Lemerle 20045, p. 104
Remarks

Built in the 3rd century and originally comprising 84 Corinthian columns, the edifice was demolished in 1677

Transcription 

« Le Palais de Tutele, ein Antiquität vom Käyser Galieno erbawet, ist langeckigt gewesen mit 24. Säulen umbher jetz sihet man noch 17. gantze darvon seyn seht hoch und dick. »