Tours : Roman speaker
Indre-et-LoireReference
PA00098158
Latitude
47.39569267
Longitude
0.69790283
Address
13 Rue de la Bazoche 37000 Tours
Construction era
4e siècle
Protection date
1927/01/19 : inscrit MH ; 1927/01/19 : inscrit MH
Protection cause
Vestiges de l'enceinte, 7 rue de la Baroche (cad. CH) : inscription par arrêté du 19 janvier 1927 ; Vestiges de l'enceinte, 2 et 4 rue des Ursulines (cad. CH) : inscription par arrêté du 19 janvier 1927
Description
Remains of the Gallo-Roman enclosure of Tours. At the end of the 3rd century and the beginning of the 4th century, the city of Caesarodunum was faced with a threat of invasion. Emperor Constantine has succeeded in restoring order and ordered the construction of walls capable of withstanding any new attacks. To accelerate the work, the amphitheater has been demolished and its materials were used to create a rampart four meters thick, composed of a filler drowned in mortar and covered with small appliance stones. The seats of this coating present, at regular intervals, a double cord of bricks placed flat which cuts them horizontally. The lower part retains fragments of capitals.
