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Tour de Vésone

2nd century CE · 2nd century · Also known as Tower of Vesunna

The Tour de Vésone is the surviving round cella of a Gallo-Roman temple in Périgueux, France, built in the 2nd century CE in the Roman town of Vesunna. About 24 metres high, it was dedicated to the town's tutelary goddess Vesunna. The tower lost part of its wall in the Middle Ages, and legend explains the gap as the departure of the devil.

Tour de Vésone
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tour de Vésone. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tour-de-vesone
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“Tour de Vésone.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tour-de-vesone. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Tour de Vésone.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tour-de-vesone.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Tour de Vésone’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tour-de-vesone (Accessed: ).

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