Tower of the Nuns
Le mur d'enceinte m?di?val de la cit? reprend, ? l'angle Sud-Est le trac? de rempart antique.La Tour des Mourgues fut d'abord une grande tour cylindrique de 6 m?tres de haut qui renfor?ait cette partie de la ville romaine.Le mot proven?al "Mourgues" signifie "nonne". En effet au dessus de la tour se trouvait l'abbaye Saint-Caire fond?e au Vie si?cle.A la fin du Moyen-Age (XIVe si?cle), la structure romaine a ?t? envelopp?e par une chemise ext?rieure polygonale en moyen appareil r?gulier avec une base en glascis (forme ?vas?e vers la bas).(Translation by Google Translate with modifications:)
Tower Morgues
The medieval walls of the city shall, upon the south-eastern corner of the layout of the ancient rampart.Tower of Mourgues, originally a large cylindrical tower six meters high, reinforced this part of the Roman city.
The Proven?al word "Mourgues" means "nun". Indeed the top of the tower was the abbey of Saint-Caire founded in the sixth century.
At the end of the Middle Ages (fourteenth century), Roman structure was enveloped by an outer casing using unit regular polygon with a base glascis flared down).
Captions: Arles, XIIe-VIII si?cle. (top, left); Restitution de l'angle Sud-Est de remparts a l'epoque romaine. (bottom, left); Plan de l'angle Sud-Est de remparts au Moyen-Age. 1. Chapelle Saint-Jean-de-Moustiers, 2. Eglise Saint-Blaise, 3. Tour des Mourgues. (bottom, right).
| HM Number | HM15SV |
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| Date Added | Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 5:49am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 31T E 631589 N 4837114 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 43.67538333, 4.63241667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 40.523', E 4° 37.945' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 40' 31.38" N, 4° 37' 56.70" E |
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| Area Code(s) | 214, 972, 469 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 33 Montée Vauban, Arles Provence-Alpes-Côte 13200, FR |
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