Roman amphitheatre

Arches

Arles Amphitheatre, Provence, August 2022 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 August 2022 Posted as part of Silent Sunday …

Eminent amphitheatre

Remains of the Roman Amphitheatre in Catania, Sicily, September 2021 In the centre of Catania, in Piazza Stesicoro, lurk the remains of the Roman amphitheatre that was built in the Roman […]

-France

This new history museum sits opposite the Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes: modern architecture with squares, angles and light materials contrasting with the solidity and curves of the ancient structure. Elizabeth […]

-Provence

Is this what Van Gogh saw?

Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break the numeric rule and share […]

-Provence

Loving the old and new in Arles

And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready […]

-Provence

Time leaves its patterns

Lines, curves, chips and ridges help us enjoy this old structure at a minute level as well as marvelling at its size and grandeur. It also leaves its patterns […]

-France

Torero commemorated in Nîmes

In 1989 in Arles, the much revered bullfighter Nimeño II was hurled into the air by a bull named Pañolero. He landed on his head, fractured his cervical vertebrae and […]

-Provence

Amphitheatre at night

Tarragona

Tarragona’s Balcón del Mediterráneo

Tarragona is a beautiful city, with fascinating Roman remains and the perfect setting right on the coast. The Balcón del Mediterráneo is the name given to the viewpoint at the […]

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Arches

Eminent amphitheatre

Looking up at romanity

Is this what Van Gogh saw?

Loving the old and new in Arles

Time leaves its patterns

Torero commemorated in Nîmes

Amphitheatre at night

Tarragona’s Balcón del Mediterráneo