GALLIA ROMANA

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

Ville	Nîmes (Gard, 30)
Subject(s)	Sanctuary of the Fountain

Author(s)	Zinzerling, Just
	Dutch scholar (1590-1618)
Resource type	Printed book
Date	1616
Inscription
References	Zinzerling 1616, p. 212
Bibliography	Bernard 1859, pp. 1-14 ; Fiches/Veyrac 1996, pp. 241-268 ; Gros 1996, pp. 370-371, 440-441 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 87 ; Lemerle 2013-2
Remarks	The building identified as a temple is in reality the place of worship in the Sanctuary of the Fontaine. Zinzerling stayed in France from 1612 to 1616

Transcription « Tertium esto templum quod Dianæ, alii Vestæ fuisse opinantur. Duo in illo columnarum ordines operis antiqui & artis exquisitæ. » = “The third [remarkable edifice] is a temple that some believe was dedicated to Diana, others to the Vestals. It has two series exquisitely made antique columns.”