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Discover Nīmes

Sites and museums 

Several tours to discover the town.

Roman visit

Roman visit


  The Square House.
  The anthic theatre.
  enter in the town most mysterious Roman monument. Is this a temple?
  The aqueduct of fifty kilometers.
  The castellum divisorum is the basin of distribution where this water arrived. The huge building of the Boulevard Admiral Courbet is one of the last vestiges of the fortification wall which surrounded the Roman town.
  The door exit towards spain by the domitian way.

Visit the private mansions

Visit the private mansions


  Each private mansion of the old streets of Nimes tells a family history traders, lawyers, manufacturers. To traverse these lanes, to cross the heavy doors of these private mansions (while turning the handle), it's to find the history of a quoted industry and clever personns of the 12th and 13th century.

 modern tour

modern tour


  The Roman monuments has always inspired the builders of Nīmes. The modern architects do not derogate from the rule.
  The Art Square of Norman Foster,
  The "Abribus" of Philippe Starck
  or the stage of football and Rugby of Vittorio Gregotti
  L'abribus represents l'emblem town of Nimes.

 visit of the religious buildings

visit of the religious buildings


  Nimes, old "citadelle huguenote", was marked by consecutive religious persecutions with l'Edit of Nantes and its abrogation. It keeps in its religious buildings the mark of this tumultuous past.
  La Cathedrale St Castor.
  L'église St Baudile.
  La chapelle des Jésuites.
  L'église Ste Perpétue.
  Le grand Temple.
  L'église St Paul.

The old nīmes museum

The old nīmes museum


  To discover the regional traditions, the visit of the museum of the Old Nimes is the best idea.

 the museum of the taurine cultures

the museum of the taurine cultures


  Opened during the fiftieth Féria birthday with a great exposure entitled "the 50 years of feria", it has the prestigious label of France museum.

Capitelles and mazets

Capitelles and mazets


  Visit of the Capitelles and Mazets: They are built according to simple methods. Out of stone and binder of chaux. Coated tinted make a beautiful inside and the principal frontage. These small masonries have the colour of the ground, are exposed to the sun and turn back to the mistral.

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