Roman Ruins Sights in Provence

A very impressive Roman monument, the amphitheatre is the most famous and most visited sight in Arles today. It measures 136 metres by 107 metres which is sligtly larger than the amphitheatre in Nimes.

A very well preserved Roman temple in the heart of Nimes.

The Tour Magne, or the Great Tower, is the only remnant of the ancient Augustan fortifications of Nimes.

The Nimes Roman Arena is an amphitheatre that dates back to the end of the first century AD. It is an impressive sight, with two levels of 60 superposed arches.

The Alpilles mountains to the north east of Arles provided the Romans with a great source of water and to be able to channel it to the city they created a wide network of aqueducts.

Orange boasts the best preserved Roman Amphitheatre in the western world.

This unusual Roman site was once the place where the city of Nimes supply of water arrived from the aqueducts before being distributed around the city.

Graves, mausoleums and sarcophagi at this site date back to the beginning of the Roman empire, but it wasn't until the early Christian period that there was a large flurry of activity here.

This large Roman site lies on the outskirts of Nimes on the way to Montpellier. It's an extensive site that requires a fair bit of exploring, although there is a small museum on site which explains the chronology of Ambrussum in a bit more detail.

The Roman theatre in Arles is not to be confused with its somewhat grander neighbour, the Arles Amphitheatre. It is located just around the corner and is sadly not in as good a state.

You can feel like you've stepped back in time when you visit Vaison la Romaine. As the name suggests, this was an important town for the Romans, who liked its location and climate, and built many rather magnificent structures. Vaison became a federated city under the Romans which explains why so many public buildings were constructed.

These ruins are the best preserved Roman baths in Arles, and date to the early 4th century AD.

This Roman monument may not have the grandure and scale of some of the other Roman buildings in Nimes, but is interesting and worth a visit nonetheless.

A triple decker aqueduct built by the Romans, this phenomenal piece of engineering was one of the Romans greatest achievments. It's made form huge blocks of limestone and rises to a height of 49m.

A lovely Roman bridge not far from Bonniuex, on the road towards Roussillon. It dates back to the 3rd century BC when the Romans built a road to link Italy to Hispania.

Just 1 km south of St. Rémy-de-Provence, you can enter a world more than 2000 years old. Here the Celtic-Ligurian, Greek and later, the Roman people, settled down in a strategic valley and built and rebuilt a town that was known as Glanum.

The "Arc de Triomphe" or Triumphal arch is an impressive Roman structure on the old city limits of Orange.