GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Dax (Landes, 40)
Subject(s) Roman city walls
 
Author(s) La Serre, André de
  Antiquarian from Dax (15..?-15..?)
Resource type Manuscript
Date c. 1568
Inscription
References La Serre 4055, f. 55v°= Tamizey de Larroque 1883, p. 506
Bibliography

Tamizey de Larroque 1883, pp. 504-514 ; Jullian 1901, pp. 214-219 ; Boyrie-Fénié 1994, pp. 66-69 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 107

Remarks

Still in place in the mid 19th century, Dax's Roman city walls were constructed with small stone blocks interspersed with layers of brick. The foundations of the walls were built with materials recuperated from previous constructions

Transcription 

« La seconde chose [belle et singulière dans la ville] est la ceinture de la muraille de ladite ville qui est aussi belle forte et bien flanquee quautre quon trouve. »