The most spectacular changes removed 4 metres of silt from the Forum Romanum, taking the profile down to the level of the Via Sacra.
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Broadly speaking, the Forum recognized in Piranesi's etchings was transformed to the forum we know today.
The young community found patrons in the seigneurs of Simiane, whose support enabled them to build the abbey church, consecrated in 1178.
Almodis was the second wife of Guiraut I de Simiane, who also ruled Apt and Gordes.