enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Arena of Nîmes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_of_Nîmes

    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 ...

  3. File:Hubert Robert - The Maison Carée, the Arenas and the ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hubert_Robert_-_The...

    The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.

  4. Maison carrée - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_carrée

    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.

  5. Musée de la Romanité - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_de_la_Romanité

    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,

  6. List of Roman amphitheatres - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_amphitheatres

    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

  7. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Arena of Nîmes

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture...

    Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate

  8. DC leaders, NBA commissioner celebrate the start of an $800M ...

    www.aol.com/dc-mayor-corrects-misinformation...

    Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials celebrated the start of an $800 million downtown arena ...

  9. Ancient Roman architecture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_architecture

    Arena of Nîmes (c. 100 CE) The amphitheatre was, with the triumphal arch and basilica, the only major new type of building developed by the Romans. [25] Some of the most impressive secular buildings are the amphitheatres, over 200 being known and many of which are well preserved, such as that at Arles, as well as its progenitor, the Colosseum ...