Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Vers-Pont-du-Gard (Gard, 30) |
|---|---|
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| Author(s) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1617 |
| Inscription | |
| References | Hentzner 1617, p. 49 |
| Bibliography | Provost 1999-2, p. 736 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 88-91 |
| Remarks | |
Transcription
Hentzner visited the South of France in 1598. The ‘Pont du Gard’ was probable the most universally admired Gallo-Roman monument
« Vno milliari abhinc aspectu & consideratione dignus, est Pons Gardius, vulgò Le pont du Gar. À fluvio Gardon nomen habens, antiqui & stupendi operis, triplici serie, mirâ industriâ fornicatus, quarum prima eaque superior arcuum XXXV, latis & quadratis saxis tecta, Aquæductum sustinet. Altera arcuum XI. Tertia & infima arcuum VI. Hominibus jumentisque transitum præbet. Atque in hoc opere vero Romanæ magnificentiæ simulachro, mirum quod lapides quadrati, molis immensæ, nullâ calce compacti, tamen cohæreant. »