Gallia Romana

Notice

City Béziers (Hérault, 34)
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Author(s)
Resource type Drawing (pen and ink)
Date 1626-1628
Inscription « La tour des Prisons du Roy en lestat quelle est »
References Paris, BnF, ms. fr. 8648, f. 150
Bibliography Clavel 1970, pp. 250-252 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 62-63
Remarks

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The drawing shows one of two round towers still comprised in the city walls in Rulman’s time. The other was situated in the ‘Cour des Officiers Royaux’. They were both demolished in the 17th century