Provencal Arles – Roman amphitheater and lavender souvenirs
Arles is a charming Provencal city. Each tenement house is decorated with blue or gray shutters, simply everything seems to be in pastel colors and only changes its shades with […]
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Provencal Orange and well-preserved Roman theater
Orange is a city located in the Rhone Valley, north of Avignon. It was founded in 35 BC by veterans of the second roman legion as Arausio (local Celtic water […]
Pont du Gard in the Nîmes area – the highest Roman aqueduct
The Pont du Gard is part of the Roman aqueduct, which was once supplying water to Nîmes from the sources in Uzès. The whole aqueduct was about 50 km long. […]
Avignon – Papal Palace, seat of popes behind medieval walls
Avignon is located in the south of France, more precisely in Provence on the banks of the Rhone river. The Ramparts, built by the popes between 1350-1368 are one of […]
Marseille – the place where the Marseillaise were born
Marseille was founded by the Greeks in the seventh century BC as Massalia, around 49 BC it was conquered by Julius Caesar and became a part of the Roman province. […]