Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (344 p.)
ISBN:
9782735126354
,
9782735108091
Serie:
Documents d’archéologie française
Inhalt:
Recent archaeological operations have greatly increased om knowledge of the original Marseilles town centre and of neighbourhoods gradually incorporated into the city The excavations presented here carried out in 1992-1993 close to the Vieux Port and Canebière districts, have revealed abundant hitherto unknown information relating to shoreline occupation layers (dating from the 4th cent or,- HC to the setting up of salt-works m the early Middle Ages) as well as to developments on the town’s periphery beyond the Plan fourmiguier fortifications In a previously rural area the suburb of Sainte-Catherine began to take shape, composed of several city blocks developed in conjunction with such construction protects as the Saint-Sépulcre hospital. The areawascompletely demolished in 1360 In the 18th century new construction began in the suburb which had become an integral part of the town m 1670 The new buildings were tom down at the beginning of the 19th century in order to make way for the Place du General- de-Gaulle, a major structural feature In the modern town of Marseilles
Anmerkung:
French
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Unbestimmte Sprache
