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| Ville | Fouras (Charente-Maritime, 17) |
| Subject(s) | Architectural fragments |
| Author(s) | Chastillon, Claude (after) |
| Topographer and military engineer (1559/60-1616) | |
| Resource type | Woodcut, 16,8 x 38,5 cm. |
| Date | 1604 (drawing)/ before 1641 (engraving) |
| Inscription | « L’ANTIENNE FORTERESSE DE FOVRAS DICTE LE CHASTEAV DE CESAR COMME IL SE VOICT ENCORES A PRESENT 1604 » / « Par C. Chastillon » |
| References | Chastillon 1641, ed. cit. 1655, [pl. 32] |
| Bibliography | Dumoulin 1930 ; Weigert 1951, t. 2, pp. 307-381 ; Herme-Renault 1981, pp. 141-163 ; Pastoureau/Lestringant 1984, p. 109 ; Ravaux 1998 ; Maurin 1999, pp. 169-170 ; Buisseret 2000, pp. 69-73 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77-79 |
| Remarks | Engraving after C. Chastillon's drawing. The order of the engravings varies according to the edition and Fouras' name is not always indicated. The existence of the vestiges mentioned by Chastillon was confirmed in 1674 by the Chevalier de Saincly Colombes (Mémoire sur la carte topographique des entrées de la rivière Charente, Vincennes, Bibliothèque du Génie, ms. 9 NA 31, ph. 3782) |
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