Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Aumagne (Charente-Maritime, 17) |
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| Resource type | Engraving, 17 x 19 cm (left-hand) |
| Date | 1641 ? |
| Inscription | « LES FANIAVLX RVINES ENTIQVES DE VAREZE AV PAIS DANGOVMOIS » |
| References | Topographie francoise, Paris, 1641 ; ed. cit. : Paris, 1655 |
| Bibliography | Dumolin 1930 ; Weigert 1951, pp. 307-381 ; Herme-Renault 1981, pp. 141-163 ; Pastoureau 1984, p. 108 ; Ravaux 1991 ; Maurin 1999, pp. 89-92 ; Buisseret 2000, pp. 69-73 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77-79 |
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« LES FANIAVLX RVINES ENTIQVES DE VAREZE AV PAIS DANGOVMOIS »
Topographie francoise, Paris, 1641 ; ed. cit. : Paris, 1655
Dumolin 1930 ; Weigert 1951, pp. 307-381 ; Herme-Renault 1981, pp. 141-163 ; Pastoureau 1984, p. 108 ; Ravaux 1991 ; Maurin 1999, pp. 89-92 ; Buisseret 2000, pp. 69-73 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77-79
The order of the plates vary according to the edition and even the copy of the book. The pier, represented in a very dilapidated state in the left-hand engraving by Chastillon, stood, in Roman times, beside the road connecting Saintes and Poitiers, not far from Varaize. Known as the ‘Fanal of Varaize’ (or alternatively ‘Fanal of Villepouge’ or the ‘Fanal of Chagnon’), it was destroyed in 1840