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  1. History

      Construction  

  2. References

  3. See also

  4. External links

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| image = Arc de Campanus et thermes nationaux.JPG
| caption = The Roman Arch of Campanus
| location = Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
| complete = 1st century
| coordinates = {{coord|45.68906|5.91545|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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The Arch of Campanus is an Ancient Roman funerary monument located in the commune of Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. Erected in the 1st century AD, it has been classified as a French Monument historique since 7 August 1890.

History

The original Roman settlers at Aix-les-Bains (Roman: Aquae) seem to have arrived in the 1st century,[1] on account of the presence of hot springs (see Thermae).[2] Linked administratively to the city of Vienne, the city was a vicus with a council of decemlecti (municipal council of ten members).[3]

The city possessed important thermae, in the very centre of the city,[4] beside which, on a lower terrace to the west, the funerary Arch of Campanus was built and below a second terrace on which a temple of Diana was constructed in the second century.[5]

The arch was erected at the end of the 1st century by Lucius Pompeius Campanus, a patrician of Gallia Narbonensis,[2] a rich notable Allobroge from the city of Vienne (to which Aquae was subordinate).

Although the arch bears inscriptions in honour of the Campanus family (The monumental glorification of elites and their families was an innovation of this era[2]), the function of the monument remains uncertain.

It is thought to be a funerary arch, but is however a long way from the Roman cemetery and Roman religious custom would not permit interments within the city.

On the other hand, the arch is placed in such a way as to offer a view in the direction of the thermae, and a walkway passed under it,[6] so the idea that the arch is a city gate is more probable. Further support for this derives from the fact that the thermae, the temple and the arch are contemporary.

Forgotten, the arch became the entrance to the courthouse in the 16th century and was later integrated into the wall of a stable, gradually buried, and finally rescued in 1821. It remained standing after the dectruction in 1867 of a hotel that stood in the middle of the modern Place Maurice Mollard.

Construction

The arch is 9.15 metres high and 7.1 metres wide, but only 75 centimetres deep.[2] Its limestone blocks are placed without mortar. Its single vault is a semicircular arch of 6 by 3.5 metres, under which there was a paved walkway.

Above the two pylons is an entablature with an architrave and a frieze of eight niches which probably contained busts. On the west facade, the names of Lucius Pompeius Campanus' ancestors are engraved.

References

1. ^Canal, Alain (sous la dir.). Rapport des fouilles en sauvetage sous la place Maurice Mollard. Lyon, Drac (dact.), 1992.
2. ^General Inventory of the Heritage of Aixes: Arch of Campanus, by Joël Lagrange et Marie-Reine Jazé-Charvolin.
3. ^Epigraphic Texts in the Aix-les-Baines Museum of Inscriptions.
4. ^under the current Place Maurice Mollard, between the town hall and the national baths.
5. ^Part of the temple was incorporated into the national baths. Some remains are visible inside the basement.
6. ^Charles Despine (1834) et A. Küpper-Böhm, cited at General Inventory of the Heritage of Aixes: Arch of Campanus, by Joël Lagrange et Marie-Reine Jazé-Charvolin.

See also

  • Roman architecture
  • List of Roman triumphal arches

External links

  • Site of the Regional office for the Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of the City of Aix-Les-Bains.

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