Nimes: Tour Magne and Jardin de la Fontaine

Nimes: Tour Magne and Jardin de la Fontaine. The Jardin is the site of the spring that brought Nime to life before the aqueduct was built, and the tower is a roman structure to commemorate the location of the original (pre Roman) gallo-celtic hill settlement. One sad fact is that the Tour Magne was massively damaged in 17thC, nearly to the point of collapse by an idiot who read a Nostradamus prediction too literally. Apparently, the Monuments of Nimes concealed Gold and Silver. If you interpret that metaphorically, it might explain the great wealth of Nimes today thanks to the tourism to see the monuments.

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