GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, 31) |
| Subject(s) | Triumphal arch |
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| Author(s) | Géraud d’Agret, after a drawing by Servais Cornoaille |
| 16th century | |
| Resource type | woodcut |
| Date | 1556 |
| Inscription | « Cette figure fut tiree douze ans ou enuiron avant ladite demolition, par plusieurs peintres de ce temps, de mêmes que se demontroit aux voians, laquelle aussi j’ai veu étant la chose entiere, te priant (Lecteur) tenir si rare antiquité en bonne partie » |
| References | Noguier 1556, p. 26 |
| Bibliography | Labrousse 1968, pp. 281-290 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77, 98-99 |
| Remarks | The triumphal arch was discovered in the middle of the 16th century, when it was decided to demolish the 'Château Narbonnais', built on the remains of a square-plan Roman fortress (comprising four corner towers and a central courtyard) located beyond the city walls. The arch was incorporated within the fortifications at a later date |
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