Identifier: 01820163.5270.emory.edu
Title: Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker, London :b
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a native of Aries. Farther on, to the left, isthe*Amphitheatre (Les Aremes;Pl.E,3),one of the largest of the kind extant in France, but not in such goodpreservation as that of Nimes (p. 414). It is about 500 yds. in circum-ference; the longer axis is 150 yds., the shorter 117 yds. long. Thisarena, which probably dates from the 1st or 2nd cent, of our era,possessed five corridors and forty-three tiers of seats, holding26,000 spectators. The two stories of 60 arches, the lower beingDoric, the upper Corinthian, present a most imposing aspect. Theentrance is on the N. side, opposite the Rue du St. Esprit (fee). The Interior (custodian, Rond-Point-des-Arenes 6; fee 1/2 fr-) wasformerly occupied by a number of dwellings tenanted by poor families,removed in 1825-30. In the 8th cent, the amphitheatre was convertedinto a stronghold, three of the four towers of which are still standing.The W. tower commands a pleasing survey of the neighbourhood. Hull-lights are now held here on Sun. in summer.
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Cathedral. ARLES. V. Route 66. 439 The Roman Theatre (PI. D,3), to the right beyond the amphi-theatre and the Tour des Cordeliers, is in a very dilapidated condition.It is said to have been begun under Augustus, though not finished tillthe 3rd cent.; its destruction began in the 5th cent., and its materialswere used in the construction of several churches. In front of thestage-wall was a colonnade, of which two columns, one ofAffricano,the other of Carrara marble, are still standing. This theatre was richlydecorated, and numerous works of art found here are preserved in theMuseum (p. 440). The Venus of Aries, in the Louvre at Paris, wasdiscovered here in 1651. — Beyond the theatre is a Public Garden. The Rue de la Calade (PI. D, 3) leads from the N. W. corner ofthe theatre to the Place de la Republique (PI. D, 3), where are theother principal sights. In the centre is a Roman Obelisk, in greygranite from the Esterel (p. 461), without hieroglyphics, belongingoriginally to an ancient c

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