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The Tours amphitheater (also known as the Caesarodunum amphitheater) is a Roman amphitheatre located in the historic city center of Tours, France, immediately behind the well known Tours cathedral. It was built in the 1st century when the city was called Caesarodunum. It was built atop a small hill on the outskirts of the ancient urban area ...
Formerly named Caesarodunum by its founder, Roman Emperor Augustus, it possesses one of the largest amphitheaters of the Roman Empire, the Tours Amphitheatre. Known for the Battle of Tours in 732 AD, it is a National Sanctuary with connections to the Merovingians and the Carolingians , with the Capetians making the kingdom's currency the Livre ...
Extract from the Peutinger Table, mentioning Casaroduno (Tours).. The city of Caesarodunum, an open city established at the beginning of the era and intended to serve as the capital of the Turoni territory, was founded between the Loire and Cher rivers, in an area where several significant ancient routes intersected.
Caesarodunum's water supply systems are only just beginning to be understood. In the 19th century the existence of the Fontenay aqueduct and its ancient origins were known, [4] but the hypothesis that it could have supplied water to Tours was rejected by some historians, such as Jean-Louis Chalmel, as no remains had been found in its terminal section; [5] other authors, on the other hand, were ...
[Aud 2] Several funerary elements (stelae) discovered in the foundations provide clear evidence of borrowings from the necropolises of Caesarodunum. [Aud 3] The contributions of reused materials may even have a more distant geographical origin. During his visit to Tours, Emperor Constantine requested that the stones from Amboise, a city located ...
Martin of Tours (Latin: Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 November 397) was the third bishop of Tours.He is the patron saint of many communities and organizations across Europe, including France's Third Republic.
5th C. – Caesarodunum renamed "Civitas Turonorum." [1] 435 – Tours "affiliated to the Armorican confederation." [1] Ecclesiastical province of Tours established. 461 – Religious Council of Tours held. [5] 473 – Visigoths in power. [1] 567 – Second Council of Tours held. [5] 573 – Gregory of Tours becomes bishop. [6] 732 – Battle ...
The remains of the aqueduct-bridge are located 1.5 km northeast of the centre of Luynes, in Indre-et-Loire. It has a general orientation of north-northeast to south-southwest, taking water from the now dry Pie Noire (or Pinnoire), [4] and is believed to have supplied water to ancient Luynes, [5] or even Caesarodunum.