Tour Magne

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jun 11, 2026 11:35 AM — History

tags: fortification, tower, extant remains

Situated atop Mount Cavalier, the so-called "Tour Magne" is a tower on the fortified walls of ancient Nemausus. The tower dates to the time of Augustus.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/439736210

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.8430551482, 4.3494652953

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tour Magne (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Tour Magne makes connections with:

Tour Magne located at Nemausus (unspecified date range)

Tour Magne receives connections from:

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Place type:
tower (defensive)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Tour Magne: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/439736210> [accessed: 22 July 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/439736210 |title=Places: 439736210 (Tour Magne) |author=Gillies, S., T. Elliott |accessdate=July 22, 2026 3:57 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}