Arena of Nîmes - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Arena of Nîmes - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Arena of Nîmes () is a Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes, southern France. Built around 100 CE, shortly after the Colosseum of Rome, it is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world. It is long and wide, with an arena measuring . The outer facade is high with two storeys of 60 arcades. It is among the 20 largest Roman amphitheatres of the 400 in existence. In Roman times, the building could hold 24,000 spectators, who were spread over 34 tiers of terraces divided into four self-contained zones or maeniana. Read more on Wikipedia
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