GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Bordeaux (Gironde, 33)
Subject(s) Temple
 
Author(s) Vinet, Élie
  Humanist and scholar from Bordeaux (1509-1587)
Resource type Printed book
Date 1565
Inscription
References Vinet 1565, f. A 4v
Bibliography

DLF XVIe siècle, pp. 1193-1194 ; Étienne 1962, p. 87 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 66, 105

Remarks

The ruins in question were probably those of a temple dedicated to the imperial cult. Vinet's book was republished in 1574

Transcription 

« L’an mille cinq cens cinquante sept, qu’on cuidoit fortifier Bourdeaus, on trouva en terre hors la ville aupres du boulevart de porte Dijos, des fondemens de bains et estuves : mais cela est caché, et ne se peut voir ni autrement reconnoistre. »