Porte Taillée
The Porte taillée (French for carved gate) is a city gate located in Besançon (France). It was drilled in the rock of Saint-Étienne hill by the Romans under Vespasian or Marcus Aurelius, for the aqueduc of Besançon between Vaire-Arcier and square Castan. The passage is redeveloping during the Middle Ages in real city gate, and fortified in 1546 by Vauban under Charles Quint. The Porte taillée is classified Monument historique since 1944.
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References
- ^ Alexandre Guenard, Besançon : description historique des monuments et établissements publics de cette ville, Baudin, 1860, 354 p, pages 45 to 47 (link).
- ^ La Porte taillée, 19 siècles d’histoire on L'Est Républicain.
- ^ Hector Tonon, Jean-François Culot, Marie-Édith Henckel, Annie Mathieu, Jacques Mathieu, Georges Bidalot, Jacqueline Bévalot, Paul Broquet, Jean-Claude Monti, Anne Porro, Jacques Breton, Jean-Claude Grappin, Pierre-Louis Bréchat, Yves Mercier et Pierre Riobé, Mémoires de Bregille, Besançon, Cêtre, 2009, 312 p. (ISBN 978-2-87823-196-0), page 38.
- ^ Notice no PA00101466 of Base Mérimée.
47°13′43″N 6°02′18″E / 47.228566°N 6.038392°E
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