COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Montpellier: Topographic Views
Image View:
Fontaine des Trois Graces, center of the Place de la Comédie
Location:
creation: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
GPS:
+43.61194+3.87722
Date:
1999 (photographed)
Cultural Context:
French
Work Type 1:
photograph
Work Type 2:
topographical view
Classification:
urban and topographical views
Material:
digital images
Technique:
photography
Subjects:
architecture; cityscape; documentation
Description:
Montpellier was one of the pilgrimage sites on route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. It is famous for the terraced 17th- and 18th-century Promenade du Peyrou which offers spectacular views. Montpellier is the site of the oldest Botanical Gardens in France which was founded by Henry IV in 1593. It has an important French paintings museum called the Fabre Museum and is the seat of International Vine and Wine Fair. Historic sites include city walls, early churches, and hospitals. (Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/)
Image Description:
Fountain of the Three Graces, by sculptor Étienne d'Antoine, 1790.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Five
Identifier:
1A2-F-MP-MPO-A3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Montpellier: Topographic Views
