Pile de Cinq-Mars
The column of Cinq-Mars (French: pile de Cinq-Mars ) is an exceptionally well-preserved Roman burial site from the 2nd or 3rd century. It dominates the Loire Valley near Cinq-Mars-la-Pile , Département Indre-et-Loire .
The column was first mentioned by François Rabelais in Gargantua , XVI, referring to the Marquis de Cinq-Mars, "la pile sainct Mars aupres de Langès ".
description
It is an elongated column with a square plan and a height of 29.50 m. The building material consists of 104,000 bricks with a size of 33 × 22 cm. The upper part of the column is ornamentally decorated to the south towards the river and is provided with four end columns at the corners.
During excavations in 2005, the remains of a monumental terrace, a building and a statue depicting an oriental prisoner were discovered on the north side. As a burial site, the ensemble can be dated to the end of the second century or the beginning of the third century. Similar burial places are known from Aquitaine . Therefore, this mausoleum can be seen as a striking grave monument of a Turonic (Galle von Tours ) dignitary, possibly a high-ranking military, whose achievements were to be commemorated.
Individual evidence
- ^ Emmanuel Marot, La pile gallo-romaine de Cinq-Mars-la-Pile (Indre-et-Loire): réexamen du dossier à la lumière des récentes découvertes .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 21 ′ 15 ″ N , 0 ° 28 ′ 42 ″ E