GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, 31)
Subject(s) Temple
  Temple of Jupiter
Author(s) Chabanel, Jean de
 

Doctor of theology, rector of the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Daurade (c. 1560-c. 1620)

Resource type Printed book
Date 1621
Inscription
References Chabanel 1621, p. 87
Bibliography

DLF XVIe siècle, p. 244 ; Labrousse 1968, pp. 412-417 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 99-100

Remarks

The existence of a temple dedicated to the Roman triad, Jupiter, Juno and Minerva is attested by St Saturnin's Passion (5th century). The 'Capitol' is probably the temple of the forum, the foundations of the podium which were found under the 'Place Esquirol' in 1998

Transcription 

« Le temple donques de Jupiter à Tolose, estoit à l’entrée du Capitole prés la Porterie »…