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.