Gallia Romana

Notice

City Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
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Resource type Printed book
Date 1641
Inscription
References Bovis 1641, p. 11
Bibliography

Constans 1921, pp. 278-297 ; Gros 1996, pp. 292-293 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 89-90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 287-301

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Constans 1921, pp. 278-297 ; Gros 1996, pp. 292-293 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 89-90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 287-301

The college of Arles was built on the site of the theatre’s stage; in 1664, it was replaced by the Convent of the Miséricorde; the theatre was not identified as such until the second half of the 17th century

« [les Romains] pauserent la statuë d’icelle Deesse [Minerve] sur deux hautes colonnes de marbre au milieu du college (qu’on croit estre celles qui se voyent encores) »