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The Arena of Nîmes (French: Arènes de Nîmes) is a Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes, Southern France. [1] Built around 100 AD, shortly after the Colosseum of Rome, it is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world. [1] It is 133 metres (436 ft) long and 101 metres (331 ft) wide, with an arena measuring 68 by 38 metres (223 by 125 ...
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Illustration of critique of Dissertation sur l'ancienne inscription de la Maison-Carrée de Nismes published in Acta Eruditorum, 1760. In about 4–7 AD, [7] the Maison carrée was dedicated or rededicated to Gaius and Lucius Caesar, grandsons and adopted heirs of Augustus who both died young.
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FWIW, the arena is elliptical and the camera is not on a line of symmetry, that's why the left side appears a bit larger than the right side. Bammesk ( talk ) 01:35, 5 April 2022 (UTC) [ reply ] Promoted File:Arenes de Nimes Alt 1.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 20:36, 29 March 2022 (UTC) [ reply ]
The Carré d'art at Nîmes in southern France houses a museum of contemporary art and the city's municipal library. Constructed of glass, concrete and steel, it faces the Maison carrée , a perfectly preserved Roman temple that dates from the very beginning of the 1st century AD.
It is a great theatre, long mistaken for an amphitheatre, but clearly D-shaped from aerial photos. The actual amphitheatre lies under the church in the village of Agioi Deka, built over the arena where the 10 saints were martyred. The shape of the arena can be made out in surrounding buildings. [2] Aquincum: Budapest: Hungary
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (). [3] It crosses the river Gardon near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France.