Roman Bridge: Le Vistre de la Fontaine Palaeochannel
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 30, 2023 07:23 PM
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History
Remains of a Roman bridge spanning a former channel of Le Vistre de la Fontaine south of Nîmes have been excavated. Work at the site also provided significant evidence for Roman-era waste and lead contamination transported down the river from the urban center of Nemausus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/691025426
43.815269, 4.388682
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Approximate Center of Excavation (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Le Vistre de la Fontaine (French, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Roman Bridge: Le Vistre de la Fontaine Palaeochannel crosses Le Vistre de la Fontaine (30 BC - AD 300)
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- See Further:
Pleiades
Tom Elliott, 'Roman Bridge: Le Vistre de la Fontaine Palaeochannel: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/691025426> [accessed: 02 October 2024]
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