A Tour Through Old ProvenceForrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
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A Tour Through Old Provence
Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
Provence (France) -- Description and travel
Renard, Church at Château, 133;
A Street in, 137
René Castle, King, 103, 107
Rhone, 71, 72;
Boats on the, 71
St. André, Fort, 83
St. Benezet, Avignon, Interior of Chapel of, 48
St. Benezet, Pont, 32, 34
Ste. Croix-en-Jerusalem, Chapel of, 160
St. Didimus, Avignon, 61
St. Honorat, Arles, 205
St. Martha’s, Tarascon, 113
St. Remy, Fountain to Nostradamus at, 273;
Our Lady of Pity, 277
St. Siffrein, Cathedral of, 267
“Tarasc,” The, 119
TARASCON, A Gateway, 80, 99;
A Bar in, 101;
An Old Garden in, 109;
St. Marthas, 113;
A Street in, 121
Ventoux from Carpentras, Mount, 15
VILLENEUVE, Tower of Philip the Fair, 77, 82;
A Hill-top, 79;
A Street in, 85
INDEX
Agrippa, 220
Agrippa, Marcus Vispanius, 223
Ahenobarbus, Domitius, 256
Aix, 117
Albi, 38
Alix, Princess, 153
Alphonse of Aragon, Duke, 102
Alpilles, Les (Little Alps), 127
Alyscamps, The, 202
Amphitheatre of Arles, 180
Andrew, son of Carobert, King of Hungary, 21, 22
Arausio, 258
Arles, 175;
legend of the betrothal feast given by King Nannos, 176;
amphitheatre built, 179;
discovery of the Venus of Arles, 183;
removal of the town from the arena, 188;
gladiators encouraged by Julius Cæsar, 190;
restoring of the ruined theatre, 194;
theatres of the Greeks, 195;
tombs found in the Alyscamps, 198;
inscriptions on tombs, 199;
tomb of Julia Tyrannia, 199;
rebuilding of the Church of St. Honorat, 203;
the Cathedral of St. Trophimus built in the twelfth century, 206;
the monster “Tarasque,” 207;
the combining of Pagan and Christian arts and religions, 208;
obelisk found in the ancient Roman circus, 211;
the Place du Forum, 212;
Mistral the poet, 213, 214
Arnaud, 140
Auguste, Porte d’, 237
Avignon (City of the Popes), or Avenio, 13;
“Babylonish Captivity,” the, 15;
threatened by Romans, 24;
Roman monuments, 25;
setting up of a Republic, 26;
paintings and frescoes, 29;
legend of the Bridge of Avignon, 34, 35;
siege in 1226, 37;
conflict of the faiths, 38;
Raymond humiliated, 39;
re-excommunication of Raymond, 40;
work of restoration, 44;
restoration of paintings of the fourteenth century, 48;
restoration of pictures, sculpture, and buildings, 49, 50, 51;
main door to chapel unearthed, 51;
soldiers sent by Charles V. to drive Pierre de Luna from the place, 56;
fortress stormed by King’s troops, 57;
gunpowder treason, 58;
massacre in the Glacière, 59, 63;
the White Terror of 1815, 64;
revolutionists of the South, 62;
garrison of the Republicans shot down by Royalist Volunteers, 63;
Marshal Brune shot, 65;
Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, 71
Barthelasse, 31, 72
Baux, Les, 127;
the approach over Les Alpilles, 127;
canal dug across La Crau, 130;
restoration of the Château in 1444, 133;
Langue d’Oc, or Provençal, used until well on into
the fifteenth century, 134;
romance of a Jongleur, 136;
Court of Queen Jeanne, where women were judges, 141;
Guillaume de
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