Nîmes
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Nîmes is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Cévennes mountain range, the estimated population of the commun
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L'amphithéâtre de Nîmes
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Nîmes, Maison Carrée
Arena of Nîmes
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The Arena of Nîmes is a Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes, Southern France. Built around 100 AD, only about twenty years after the Colosseum of Rome, it is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in t
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…population was estimated at approximately 50,000–60,000. Since several famous monuments and ancient Roman buildings are located in Nîmes, including the Arena of Nîmes and the Maison Carrée, the city is often referred to as the "French Rome". Nîmes is situated where the alluvial plain of the Vistrenque River abuts the…
Exterior of the Arena of Nîmes
The Arena in the 19th century
Stairs and corridors
The Arena