The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 105
0 to 100 feethigh. It was attached to the walls of Augustus, and inlater times was converted into a fortress by the Countof Toulouse. The general resemblance of the design ofthis monument to that of Augustus at La Turbie, whichwe shall meet with further on, is very striking. Two of the Roman gates… … FIG. 25. LA TOURMAGNE, NIMES. two towers contained stairs leading to the walls, andformed posts of observation. The other gate, the Portede France, lies to the west of the amphitheatre, and hasone wide archway.
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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