Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Doué-la-Fontaine (Maine-et-Loire, 49) |
|---|---|
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| Author(s) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1606 |
| Inscription | |
| References | Pontanus 1606, Append. I, p. 107 |
| Bibliography | Provost 1988-2, p. 40 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 32, 117 |
| Remarks | |
Transcription
The entertainment venue in question was created in the 15th century; the site was previously a vast open-air quarry
« Est et Amphitheatrum in iisdem Pictonibus diei itinere à Ligeri fluvio, manu quidem & arte humanâ fabrefactum, sed ita ut videri possit à Naturâ. Totum enim ex monte excisum excavatumque est absque ullâ ligni, lapidis, calcisve meteratione. Pagus proximè adjacet Dovæus, hodie douue »