Ironman Switzerland 20031553 viewsIf you're looking for my finisher time better start at the bottom of the list - anyway, I wouldn't have made it without my Cheetah!Manuel Nunez
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Marble shield from the time of Tiberius68 viewsAn interesting item in the MAPA museum is a circular, engraved marble shield, presumably originally affixed to a wall, on which the local Roman senate swears, in the name of the deified Augustus, to conduct affairs in the town with fairness, honesty, justice and in peace (from the inscription, erected in the time of Tiberius?).dane
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Circus decoration in situ46 viewsDecorated marble, part of the original Circus, still in situ, outside the museumdane
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Circus wall sections45 viewsThree excavated pieces of the old Roman Circus (like the Circus Maximus). They have uncovered part of the rounded, circumferencial wall and you can even still see a bit of decorated, engraved marble (in situ), but tragically, the rest of the Circus is lost forever because the main road and the nearby ramp and bridge leading to the Lyons to Marseilles motorway has destroyed the rest. dane
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Augustus - the best emperor of them all88 viewsA huge marble statue of my handsome hero Augustus, in heroic pose, which stands in the centre of museum. dane
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Mosaic floor in the MAPA97 viewsOne of the inlaid mosaic floors in the museum. One of these floors was found intact beneath a local shop.dane
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Giant amphora72 viewsA 6ft. tall amphora, used for transporting large quantities of liquids or dried foodstuffsdane
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MAPA museum47 viewsPart of the museum seen from the gallery. A large collection of amphorae on the right and mosaic floors below dane
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Arles Amphitheatre109 viewsAbout 70% of the amphitheatre, which seats 20,000, is still original, and it is really impressive. During the Middle Ages there used to be a town inside it with over 100 houses ! You can walk around the tunnels which surrounds the arena itself, choose your entrance and sit on ancient stone steps/seats knowing that someone was sitting on that exact same spot 2000 years ago.dane
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Amphitheatre interior100 viewsInside one of the amphitheatre's circular tunnels just within the main entry gateways around the circumference, with an old wooden bridgeway abovedane
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Statue of Herakles45 viewsThe statue of Herakles in the Jardin d'Etédane
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Day 1: Approaching the Museum of Archaeology137 viewsThe Museum of Archaeology and Antiquities in Arles has a fantastic display of everything from statues, cippi, reconstructed, original mosaic floors, artisans' equipment to 2,000 year old lead pipesdane
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