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
Orange, 253;
the Triumphal Arch, an important monument of Roman times, 253;
theories as to the origin of the Triumphal Arch, 256;
stupendous wall forming back of the proscenium of Roman theatre, 259, 260;
Princes of Orange converted theatre into fortress, 261;
two rival Popes tried and deposed, 267;
ancient bits of masonry utilised in modern buildings, 278;
tomb of the Julii, 280
Orgon, 275
Palace of the Popes, 26, 44
Papal Palace, 67
Papal Throne, 29
Parrocel, 268
Penitents, Black, 62
Penitents, White, 62
Périgueux, Bishop of, 124
Peter of Castelnau, 38
Petrarch, 15
Philip the Fair of France, 16
Philippe, Louis, 89
Phoceans, 24
Pierre de Luna, 83
Pity, Our Lady of, 277
Pius, Antoninus, 224
Place Fortin, 146
Pointre, 65
Pontiff, 30
Porcelets, 150
“Prophets, The,” 52
Rambert, Abbé, 161, 166
Raymond VI., Count of Toulouse, 38
Remoulins, 246
René, Château, 98, 111
René, King (King of Naples), 100, 116, 133
Rhone Valley, 14
Richard Cœur de Lion, 140
Rioni, 67
Rocher des Doms, 31
Rock of the Doms, 26
Sacrovir, Julius, 258
St. André, Fort, 82
St. André, Fortress, 84
St. Anne, Church of, 197
St. Anthony, 90
St. Baudile, 241
St. Benezet, Bridge of, 31, 56
St. Castor, 241
St. Etienne, Church of, 203
St. Francis d’Assisi, 120
St. Fronto, 124
St. Honorat, Church of, 203
St. Martha, 28, 117
St. Martha, Church of, 115
St. Martial, Chapel of, 47
St. Paul, 241
St. Perpetué, 241
St. Pierre, Place, 25
St. Remy, 127, 276
St. Roland, Tower of, 193
St. Ruf, 28, 36
St. Trophimus, Church of, 199
Salle Brulle, 58
Salle du Garde, 108
Sebastiani, Colonel, 48
Septimus Severus, Arch of, 254
Seville, Archbishop of, 58
Suetonius, 256
Tarascon, 97;
the famous Tartarin penned by Daudet banned, 98;
King René involved in a series of complications, 100;
marriage of King René’s daughter, 103;
description of interior of Castle, 106;
the story of Aucassin and Nicolète, 108;
legend of the Tarasc, 115;
King René’s vision, 116;
St. Martha’s triumph over the Tarasc, 118;
pageant prohibited in 1904, 119;
reproduction of the reliquary given up in the starvation
times of the great Revolution, 123
“Tarasque,” 118
Tartarin and Tarascon, 97
Theodoric, King, 189
Tiberius, 258
Toledo, Archbishop of, 58
Toulouse, 40
Trucat, 239
Turenne, Countess of, 24
Tyrannia, Julia, 199
Uzès, Duchesse d’, 228
Valdenses (Albigenses), 37
Valence, Count de, 109
Valfenier, de, 93
Vandemont, Count, 102
Vanloo, 120
Ventoux, Mount, 112
Venus of Arles, The, 183
Vidal, 140
Villegis, King, 172
Villeneuve, 31;
approach to the town, 75;
battlements of fortresses and castles, 75;
stone seat, 81;
indication of prisoners’ thoughts, 84;
the Monastery of the Chartreuse founded by Innocent VI., 88;
Monastery of Chartreuse destroyed by lightning, 93
Ville, Hôtel de, Orange, 262, 272
Visigoths, The, 229, 282
Voltaire, Rue, 184
Young, Arthur, 225
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