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Jean François de Montaigu
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A map showing the Rhône at Avignon and the abandoned Pont Saint-Bénézet bridge in 1685. The map was produced as part of a project to block the arm of the Rhône that flowed near Avignon and to create a port on the right bank of the river near Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. The project was never realised. The map is signed by Jean François de Montaigu who was an engineer working for Louis XIV of France. The map is mentioned in Sournia & Vayssettes (2006). The 14th century ramparts of Avignon are shown in red at the bottom and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is at the top. A-B indicates the path of the chain ferry between Villeneuve and the Île de la Barthelasse. F-G is the cable ferry from the island to the quay at Avignon. The map has an overlay sheet on the left-hand end of the Île de la Barthelasse near the ruined Saint-Bénézet bridge.
Date 15 January 1685
date QS:P571,+1685-01-15T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Ink and watercolour on paper
Dimensions height: 51 cm (20 in); width: 118 cm (46.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,51.0U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,118.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q182542
Accession number
G7/300 folio 115
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Du cours du Rosne depuis le bout de l’Isle de la Bartalasse au dessus de Villeneuve jusqu’au
terroir des Issars au dessous, ou sont designez les ouuvrages faits et à faire dont l’adjudicataire des bacqs
de passage dudit Villeneuve a Avignon est chargé pour faciliter la navigation du costé du Languedoc, et yattirer
et maintenir la Rivière avec une représentation par deux figures en grand. La première de l’Estat
auquel estoient les lieux nottez à la Carte par X, V et Y, Z. avant de commencer les ouvrages, Et la
Seconde comme ils doivent estre suivant le devis, cette partie y estant representée comme faite. Comme
aussy l’Estat auquel est apresant le chemin au travers de l’Isle cy dessus descripte avec ses abordages,
et sur un papier vollant, celuy auquel estoit auparavant le terrain avec ses creux, et ravines, dont
les profondeurs sont marquées chacune en son endroit dans toutes leurs longueurs, Par moy-
Ingenieur du Roy soubzsigné commis par ordonnance de Monsieur Daguesseau Intendant de la
Province de Languedoc du vingt neuf Novembre dernier FAIT à Villeneuve d’Avignon le

quinzieme Janvier mil six cent quatre vingt cinq signe MONTAIGU
Notes As of August 2018, this map by Montaigu is not listed in the online version of the catalogue of the Archives nationales.
References Sournia, Bernard; Vayssettes, Jean-Louis (2006). Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, histoire artistique et monumentale d'une villégiature pontificale (in French). Paris: Centre des monuments nationaux et Editions du Patrimoine. p. 284. ISBN 978-2-85822-830-0.
Source/Photographer Berthelot, Michel (2014), Le Pont d'Avignon: combien de piles?
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File:Montaigu 1685 map (detail showing bridge).jpg
A detailed view showing the path of the Saint-Bénézet bridge
Object location43° 57′ 12.35″ N, 4° 48′ 18.86″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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