Arles Roman Amphitheatre France_DSC5370_16 #2
by Greg Kluempers
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Arles Roman Amphitheatre France_DSC5370_16 #2
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Greg Kluempers
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Arles Amphitheatre or Amphithre d'Arles is a large sports arena built by the Romans around the first century BC or AD, during the reign of Augustus (27 BC14 AD). At the time, Arles was flourishing as a Roman colony and benefiting from the construction of several monuments, of which Arles Amphitheatre was one of the grandest.
Built to accommodate over 20,000 spectators, with over a hundred Corinthian and Doric columns spread over two levels and at a length of 136 metres, Arles Amphitheatre remains one of the towns most impressive sites. Its excellent state of preservation means that it is even still used today, not for chariot races, but for bullfighting. This excellent state of conservation is in spite the fact that it was used as a medieval fortification.
Arles Amphitheatre is now one of the towns UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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