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The Arena of Nîmes (French: Arènes de Nîmes) is a Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes, southern France. [1] Built around 100 CE, 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 ...
The museum is located in front of the Arena of Nîmes and has been designed by the French–Brazilian architect Elizabeth de Portzamparc. [1] [2] Its collection covers several periods of the history of Nîmes, including: The pre-Roman era, with the possibility for visitors to discover Gallic houses,
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nîmes, ... Arena of Nîmes and Pont du Gard ... 2027/mdp.39015035117657, Local history: Nimes ...
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 ]
Gard (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie.It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019; [3] its prefecture is Nîmes. ...
Nimes is situated where the alluvial plain of the Vistrenque River abuts the hills of Mont Duplan to the northeast, Montaury to the southwest, and to the west Mt. Cavalier and the knoll of Canteduc. Its name appears in inscriptions in Gaulish as dede matrebo Namausikabo ("he has given to the mothers of Nîmes") and " toutios Namausatis ...
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The siege of Nîmes took place shortly after the capture and destruction of Avignon in 736. Charles Martel failed to capture the Umayyad city of Narbonne but devastated most of the other principal settlements of Septimania, including Nîmes, Agde, Béziers and Maguelonne, which he viewed as potential strongholds of the Saracens.