Nîmes

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Nîmes is located in the the Gard department in the Occitanie region.

 

From Paris Gare de Lyon is 3hours to Nîmes.

 

From Marne la Vallée Chessy is 3h30 by train.

 

 

Amphiteatre.

The Arenas of Nîmes is built around 100 CE, shortly after the Colosseum of Rome, it is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world.

Today, the Arena of Nîmes is the site of two annual bullfights during the Feria de Nîmes, and it is also used for other public events like the reenactment of antiquity “The great Roman Games” and for concerts.

Te crocodile is the emblem of Nîmes. 

 

The  symbol of defeated Egypt. 

 

The coin (As de Nîmes), one of the most famous in the Roman Empire.

 

The town hall. 

Tower clock. 

Church of Sainte Perpétue of Nîmes. 

Market ‘Les Halles’. 

Roman temple, the “Maison Carrée”.

 

The Maison carrée  is one of the best-preserved Roman temples to survive in the territory of the former Roman Empire.

Statue of  Antoninus Pius, a Roman emperor. 

Magne Tower in the Jardins de la Fontaine

Temple of Diana.

 

The temple of Diana is build in in the  1st-century BC. 

The Porte d’Auguste is a Roman monument built in the 1st century BC.

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