stereo
Titre
Nîmes, la Maison Carré, l'un des plus beaux temples romains.
Datation
Le 8 Septembre 1931
Datation min.
1931
Datation max.
1931
Commentaire datation
Datation fournie par les Archives de Californie (voir Bibliographie)
Auteur du cliché
George Lewis
Fonction
Photographe professionnel
Mention d’édition
Keystone View Compagny
Editeur
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Numéro dans la série
446
Laboratoire photographique
Nîmes
Légende sur document
33308 The Maison Carree, One of the Finest Roman Temples Extant, Nimes, France.
Commentaire légende
Légende imprimée sous l'image de droite. Encre de couleur noire.
Localisation
Lieu
Architecture
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Objet manufacturé
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Mention dans l'image
Glaces Spécialité sur Commande
Texte au recto
A gauche, verticalement : Keystone View Compagny copyrighted made in U.S.A. Manufacturers Publishers A droite, verticalement : Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England. En haut, au centre : 446 Sous l'image de droite : 33308 The Maison Carree, One of the Finest Roman Temples Extant, Nimes, France.
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Texte au verso
33308 THE MAISON CARREE, ONE OF THE FINEST ROMAN TEMPLES, NIMES, FRANCE The visitor to France discovers that one of the most interesting features about that country of perpetual surprises is the manner in which the relics of the ancient Roman occupation have survived. This can be noted all over the country, but is especially met with in southern France where many of the finest surviving examples are found. And they are marvelously preserved, far more so in some instances than in Italy and even Rome itself. Nimes is one of the oldest towns in southern France and here antiquity lives with the people. Only about twenty miles inland from the Mediterranean, a glance at the map will reveal that the place was easily accessible from Rome. The power of the empire was established here more than a century before the Christian era and Roman governors and business men who located here spent great sums in beautifying the place in their endeavor to make it as much like Rome as possible. It was on a bright, sunny day we first came upon the Maison Carree, near the center of the city. Glittering white it stood, against a deep blue Mediterranean sky ; a lovely picture. It is one of the most beautiful and best preserved Roman temples in existence and, notwithstanding its mutilations, one can plainly discern upon its wall the outlines of a delicately sculptured frieze. The temple is not large, only 82 feet long by 40 feet wide. It was probably begun about the year one and according to an inscription, dedicated as a memorial to Caius and Lucius Cæsar, adopted sons of Augustus. Nobody knows to what god it was dedicated. The shrine was in that enclosed space, the cella, behind the porch. Copyright by The Keystone View Company
Bibliographie
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt309nc1vx/
Etat de conservation
excellent
Support
Photographies collées sur carton
Dimensions
17,7 x 8,8
Info développement
Positif
Info couleur
Noir et Blanc
Propriétaire
M. Le Menn
Lieu de conservation
Pessac
Auteur de la numérisation
Catherine Carponsin-Martin
Créateur du dépôt
CLEM
Date de dépôt
Octobre 2022
Lot
LOT10 LE MENN
iptc (stereo)
Nom usuel
LM145
Auteur
George Lewis
Titre
Nîmes, la Maison Carré, l'un des plus beaux temples romains.
Date de création
Le 8 Septembre 1931
Légende
33308 The Maison Carree, One of the Finest Roman Temples Extant, Nimes, France.
Ville
Nîmes
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur
Pays
France
Fournisseur
CLEM - Archéovision
Auteur de la description
Chloé Bernard
Nom de l'objet: LM145
Date d'entrée de l'objet dans ArcheoGRID : 2024-12-05
Collection : LOT10 LE MENN