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The Arena of Nîmes is a Roman amphitheatre, situated in the French city of Nîmes. Built around AD 70, it was remodelled in 1863 to serve as a bullring. The Arenas of Nîmes is the site of two annual bullfights during the Feria de Nîmes, and it is also used for other public events.
Les arènes de Nîmes sont un amphithéâtre romain construit vers la fin du Ier siècle dans la ville française de Nîmes, dans le Gard.
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The Arena of Nîmes is a Roman amphitheatre, situated in the French city of Nîmes. Built around AD 70, it was remodelled in 1863 to serve as a bullring. The Arenas of Nîmes is the site of two annual bullfights during the Feria de Nîmes, and it is also used for other public events.
The building encloses an elliptical central space 133 m long by 101 m wide. It is ringed by 34 rows of seats supported by a vaulted construction. It has a capacity of 16,300 spectators and since 1989 has a movable cover and a heating system.
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The Nimes Arena is a roman arena built in 70AD, remarkably well preserved. It is now used for public events, and some bull fighting. Just like the Roman Theatre in Orange, it's pretty amazing that it has lasted that long.
This image shows the limitation of only having the Fuji fixed lens when shooting such a big structure. The light more than made up for the lack of wide angle. Better for the eyes and soul in the lightbox. Press L.
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France, summer 2011
Nîmes is the capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Nîmes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and is a popular tourist destination.
Several important remains of the Roman Empire can still be seen in and around Nîmes as
the elliptical Roman amphitheater, of the 1st or 2nd century AD, is the best-preserved Roman arena in France. It was filled with medieval housing, when its walls served as ramparts, but they were cleared under Napoleon. It is still used today as a bull fighting and concert arena.
Taken from the first level corridor of the 2000 year old Roman Arena of Nîmes. Big place. Kind of a maze.
I was under the impression, while I was there last week, that this is where they filmed the movie Ronin (1998) with Robert DeNiro. I just watched that part of the movie again and they mention it is Arènes d'Arles. That place is some 30km from the arena in this photo..... but I didn't go there. I will visit that one some other time. This one is great. I got some video that I will post soon.
The Arena of Nîmes is a Roman amphitheatre, situated in the French city of Nîmes. Built around AD 70, it was remodelled in 1863 to serve as a bullring. The Arenas of Nîmes is the site of two annual bullfights during the Feria de Nîmes, and it is also used for other public events.
Les arènes de Nîmes sont un amphithéâtre romain construit vers la fin du Ier siècle dans la ville française de Nîmes, dans le Gard.
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Boulevard des Arènes
Nîmes (30), France.
The Arena of Nîmes is a Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes. Built around 100 AD, shortly after the Colosseum of Rome, it is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world.
It is 133 metres (436 ft) long and 101 metres (331 ft) wide, with an arena measuring 68 by 38 metres (223 by 125 ft). The outer facade is 21 metres (69 ft) high with two storeys of 60 arcades. It is among the 20 largest Roman amphitheatres of the 400 in existence.
In Roman times, the building could hold 24,000 spectators. (Wikipedia)