- Les Arenes d’Arles is a very well preserved Roman Amphitheatre located in Arles in southern France.
- Built in c.90 CE, it held seating for 20,000 spectators. Along with the other Roman buildings in Arles, it is listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Arles
- Arles is a cathedral city located on the river Rhone in the Provence-Alpes-Cotes d’Azur Region of southeastern France.
- It was known to the Romans as Arelate, a strategic city with a pontoon bridge across the Rhone, in the Province of Gallia Narbonensis. It has the greatest concentration of Roman Monuments of any French city in France and was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1981.
Roman Sites in Arles
- Arles Roman Amphitheatre
- Arles Roman Theatre
- Baths of Constantine
- Hippodrome
- Les Alyscamps
- Cryptoporticus, an underground vaulted cave system.
- Arles City Walls
- Obelisk, located in front of the town hall, it was originally the Spina from the Roman Circus.
- Arles Roman Forum
Museums
- Arles Museum of Antiquities
- Located at the Presqu’ile du Cirque Romain, the Museum holds a collection of Roman artefacts.
Photo and map: Arles Roman Amphitheatre