GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Doué-la-Fontaine (Maine-et-Loire, 49)
Subject(s) Pseudo amphitheatre
  Cross-section
Author(s) Lævinus
  Engraver (17th century)
Resource type Woodcut
Date 1584
Inscription

« LES. ARENES. A. DOVE. EN. POICTOV/ LEVINVS. F. AN. 1584. »
References Lipse 1584, p. 32 = ed. cit. 1598, p.76
Bibliography Provost 1988-2, p. 40 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 117
Remarks

The entertainment venue in question was created in the 15th century; the site was previously a vast open-air quarry
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