GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, 31)
Subject(s) Amphitheatre
 
Author(s) Quadt, Matthias
  German geographer and engraver (1557/58-1613)
Resource type Printed book
Date 1603
Inscription
References Quadt 1603, p. 42
Bibliography

Labrousse 1968, pp. 445-455 ; Domergue/Pailler/Rico/Sincker 2002, pp. 242-250 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 97-100

Remarks

The amphitheatre (1st century) was the only one of Toulouse's monuments of which considerable vestiges remained. The site is located some 4 km north-west of the town centre, on the left bank of the Garonne River, in the suburb of Purpan

Transcription 

« Amphitheatri quod ibi olim fuisse dicitur, pauca supersunt vestigia. »