The facade
Repeating arches.
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The Arena of Nîmes is a Roman amphitheatre in the centre of Nîmes in southern France, about 46 km northeast of Montpellier and 101 km northwest of Marseille in a straight line. It was built around 100 AD, about twenty years after the Colosseum in Rome, and is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world and among the 20 largest of the 400 that survive. It measures 133 by 101 metres, and its outer facade rises 21 metres in two storeys of 60 arches. In Roman times it held about 24,000 spectators on 34 tiers of seating. The pale limestone facade wraps its repeating arches in two storeys around a broad square, and inside the stepped stone seating rises around the arena. City squares and buildings surround it today, and the facade is lit up in the evening. Visitors explore the passages and stands with an audio guide and climb to the top for a view over the city. The arena still hosts concerts and shows, and Nîmes has other Roman sights nearby, including the Maison Carrée temple.
Repeating arches.
34 tiers.
A nearby Roman temple.
Central Nîmes, Gard, France
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The Maison Carrée and the Pont du Gard.