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Arènes de Nîmes

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Arènes de Nîmes
Photo: Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world, built around 70 AD and seating about 24,000 people. You can walk around its tiers and corridors with an audio guide that brings the gladiator fights to life, and climb to the top for views over Nîmes. It's still used for concerts and bullfights.


Nearby, the Maison Carrée is an almost perfect Roman temple, and the Musée de la Romanité, opposite the arena, has superb mosaics and Roman finds. A combined ticket covers all three, and the Pont du Gard is 25 km away.

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