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L'amphithéâtre de PoitiersAmphithéâtre romain de PoitiersAqueduct L'Hermitage

Location:

  • France, Poitiers
  • geo:46.57946,0.348511
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 350 / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

The St. John Baptistery of Poitiers was built ca 350 AD atop the substructures of Roman buildings that were demolished in 276 AD. Inside a rectangular room, surrounded by several annexes, was  octagonal pool with three steps.

See:

  1. Andre Grabar, L'Âge d'or de Justinien, de la mort de Théodose à l'Islam, Paris 1966
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist%C3%A8re_Saint-Jean

Nearby

Musée Sainte-Croix

Musée Sainte-Croix

Milestone Poitiers (CIL 17-02, no. 385)

Milestone Poitiers (CIL 17-02, no. 385), see http://oracle-vm.ku-eichstaett.de:8888/epigr/epieinzel_en?p_belegstelle=CIL+17-02,+00385. Data from http://francia.ahlfeldt.se/

Milestone Poitiers (CIL 17-02, no. 436)

Milestone Poitiers (CIL 17-02, no. 436), see http://oracle-vm.ku-eichstaett.de:8888/epigr/epieinzel_en?p_belegstelle=CIL+17-02,+00436. Data from http://francia.ahlfeldt.se/


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