GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Provins (Seine-et-Marne, 77) |
| Subject(s) | ‘Tour de César’ (Tower of Caesar) |
| Author(s) | Estienne, Charles |
| Parisian polygraph (1504-1564) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1552 |
| Inscription | |
| References | Estienne 1552, ed. cit. 1553, p. 47 |
| Bibliography | DLF XVIe siècle, pp. 488-490 ; Bonnerot 1935, II, p. 309, n. 188 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 68 |
| Remarks | The name 'Tour de César', widespread in the Renaissance, is inappropriate in the case of this tower which was built in the late 12th century by the Count of Champagne Henri le Libéral; it is more correctly designated as the 'Grosse Tour' or the 'Tour aux Prisonniers' |
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Transcription
« Ancienne uille du temps de Cesar, ou y apparoist uestige de chasteau edifié par ledict Cesar, et encore d’autres tours de Gannes. » |
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