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Nimes amphitheater
French words:
Arènes de Nîmes
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Amphithéâtre de Nîmes
alternative words: Nimes arena
keywords:
roman remains
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southern france
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theater
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tourist resort
related topics:
Nimes
related web sites:
http://www.ot-nimes.fr
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http://www.idaeus.com/arene_nimes/
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http://www.nimes.fr
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http://nemausensis.ifrance.com/NEMAUSENSIS/Nimes/AccueilNimes.htm
explanation: Built around 1st century A.D. the arena of Nimes is one of the best preserved ones among more than 70 Roman amphitheaters known nowadays. Surrounded by 2 level of 60 arches each, it has an oval structure of 133m length, 101m width and 21m height, and could contain 20,000 spectators. In 476, Visigoths transformed it to a fortress. During Middle Ages, the arena was squatted by several hundreds of people but cleaned up by Napoleon. Now it is served to organize music concerts and bull fighting (tauromachie).
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Japanese version
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