GALLIA ROMANA
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Ville | Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) |
Subject(s) | Baptistery |
Author(s) | Bergeron, Pierre |
Geographer and traveler (c. 1580-1638) | |
Resource type | Manuscript |
Date | 1612 |
Inscription | |
References | Bergeron 5560, f. 381v° |
Bibliography | DLF XVIIe siècle, pp. 136-137 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 71-72 ; Rothé/Trézigny 2005, pp. 453-455 ; Holtz 2011 |
Remarks | The vestiges known as the 'Temple de Diane', in fact those of a Paleochristian episcopal ensemble, could still be seen on the site of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de la Major and of the former Romanesque cathedral known as the 'Vieille Major' |
Transcription
« La grande Eglise de Marseille dite Majour est en un coin de la ville vers la mer. Cestoit un temple des payens. » |