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Roman Arena

  • November 18, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by SadgeArrow from victoria, Texas
Roman Arena

A couple thousand years ago, the Romans fed Christians to the lions in arenas like this one. But all we saw were about a dozen not-so-ferocious kitty-cats scattered all over the stands. The arena is used today for bullfights, which usually start in April. When the arena or amphitheater was built 1900 years ago, it could hold 20,000 fans. During the medieval times the arena was turned into a fortress and three towers have survived from that era. A sampling of graffitti on one of the tower walls reads: Belfort, Lefebvr Lucien, 1928. In the 1800s the arena functioned as a town within a town, with about 200 houses crammed inside its walls. Climb the towers, walk along the edge and take one snapshot after another to form your own panoramic collage!

From journal Way to Gogh, Van

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l'Arenes

  • September 4, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Collin from San Francisco, California
l'Arenes

I found that I liked the Arena in Arles better than the Coliseum in Rome. I think that the reason for this is mostly because the Arena in Arles is surrounded so closely by the old town buildings, and also because it is built on a spot carved out of the slope of a hill. This dramatic setting gives it a feeling of being part of the town that all the other Roman arenas I have seen did not have.

The Arena was, of course, built by the Romans between 16 BC- AD 68, it measures 136 by 107 meters, and could seat up to 25,000 spectators. During medieval times it was converted to a castle, I’ve seen drawings on post cards of what it looked like. Finally, it was restored to its present state about a hundred years ago and is now used for bullfights and other things.

From journal Arles is a Great Small Town.

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