Gallia Romana

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City Béziers (Hérault, 34)
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Author(s)
Resource type Drawing (pen and ink)
Date 1626-1628
Inscription « La Tour Romaine qui est a la Cour des officiers Royaux cestoit le Capitole »
References Paris, BnF, ms. fr. 8648, f. 149
Bibliography Clavel 1970, pp. 250-252 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 62-63
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« La Tour Romaine qui est a la Cour des officiers Royaux cestoit le Capitole »

The drawing shows one of two round towers still comprised in the city walls in Rulman’s time. The other, used to lock up people who did not pay up, was close to the ‘Rue de Malepague’. They were both demolished in the 17th century