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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Nîmes ( / n iː m / NEEM , French: [nim] ⓘ ; Occitan : Nimes [ˈnimes] ; Latin : Nemausus ) is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France .
1st century CE – Arena of Nîmes and Pont du Gard (aqueduct) built (approximate date). [2] 394 – First Council of Nîmes; 5th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes established. [3] 407 – Nîmes "pillaged by the Vandals." [1] 737 – Nîmes "sacked by Charles Martel". [1] 1096 – Third Council of Nîmes; 1185 – Count of ...
The aqueduct formerly carried an estimated 40,000 m 3 (8,800,000 imp gal; 11,000,000 US gal) of water a day over 50 km (31 mi) to the fountains, baths and homes of the citizens of Nîmes. The structure's precise construction allowed an average gradient of 1 cm (0.39 in) in 182.4 m (598 ft).
[1] In this "Augusteum" in addition to this emperor's altar arranged in the center of a nymphaeum, a theater, and a curious vaulted building called the “Temple of Diana”. It is not known whether this really is a temple, as there are indications that it is a library. Many hypotheses have been made about this building, but none have been ...
The arrondissement of Nîmes was created in 1800. [4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Gard, it gained one commune from the arrondissement of Le Vigan and two communes from the arrondissement of Alès.
Above the columns, the architrave is divided into three levels with ratios of 1:2:3. Egg-and-dart decoration divides the architrave from the frieze. On three sides the frieze is decorated with fine ornamental relief carvings of rosettes and acanthus leaves beneath a row of very fine dentils. However, the refinement of the decorative carvings on ...
WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) -Volunteers and emergency personnel worked through the night to fortify the Polish city of Wroclaw against approaching flood waters, while Hungary opened a dam as the ...
Interior. The so-called Temple of Diana is a 1st-century ancient Roman building in Nîmes, Gard, built under Augustus.It is located near the gushing spring of "La Fontaine", around which was an Augusteum, a sanctuary devoted to the cult of the emperor and his family, centred on a nymphaeum.