Arles, les Alyscamps
Les voyageurs de l'antiquité arrivant à Arles prenaient cette prestigieuse nécropole bordés de sarcophages dont certains étaient de véritables oeuvres d'art.
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Places to see in ( Arles - France ) Les Alyscamps
Places to see in ( Arles - France ) Les Alyscamps
The Alyscamps is a large Roman necropolis, which is a short distance outside the walls of the old town of Arles, France. It was one of the most famous necropolises of the ancient world. The name comes from the Provençal Occitan word Aliscamps, who comes from the Latin Elisii Campi (that is, in French, Champs-Élysées; in English Elysian Fields). They were famous in the Middle Ages and are referred to by Ariosto in Orlando Furioso and by Dante in the Inferno.
Roman cities traditionally forbade burials within the city limits. It was therefore common for the roads immediately outside a city to be lined with tombs and mausoleums; the Appian Way outside Rome provides a good example. The Alyscamps was Arles' main burial ground for nearly 1,500 years. It was the final segment of the Aurelian Way leading up to the city gates and was used as a burial ground for well-off citizens, whose memorials ranged from simple sarcophagi to elaborate monuments.
The Alyscamps continued to be used after the city was Christianised in the 4th century. Saint Genesius, a Roman civil servant beheaded in 303 for refusing to follow orders to persecute Christians, was buried there and rapidly became the focus of a cult. Saint Trophimus, possibly the first bishop of Arles, was buried there soon afterwards. It was claimed that Christ himself attended the ceremony, leaving the imprint of his knee on a sarcophagus lid.
The area became a highly desirable place to be buried and tombs soon multiplied. As early as the 4th century there were already several thousand tombs, necessitating the stacking of sarcophagi three layers deep. Burial in the Alyscamps became so desirable that bodies were shipped there from all over Europe, with the Rhône boatmen making a healthy profit from the transportation of coffins to Arles.
In 1981, the Alyscamps was classified a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments group. The better of the remaining sarcophagi are now on display in the Musée de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques, which has one of the best collections of Roman sarcophagi to be found anywhere outside Rome itself.
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Les Alyscamps, Arles
Les Alyscamps, Arles, France
Les Alyscamps, Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France
painting location. Arles, France.
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Sarcophagi at Alyscamps (Arles, France)
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Vincent Van Gogh painted this necropole and strolling park with a huge ruined church at one end. The necropole dates from Roman times but due to the city's growth and the invention of railroads and trains, it has been reduced in size. This park is not free -- few are, in Arles.
Julius Caesar made the people of Arles, France Roman citizens in thanks for them helping him build ships to defeat his rival Pompey in Marseilles. Many of the sarcophagi came from Macedonia and other far-away places and were delivered on order for people who could afford them, often with an artisan or several of them to finish the job locally, personalizing it. The sophistication of Rome is evidenced by such feats, and Arles has a Roman arena where bullfights and other events still take place (for a long time it contained a village of houses which had to be dismantled, thus weaking the structure of the arena), a theatre, and more.
The first s is pronunced in Les Alyscamps, so in this case, it is pronounced lays alleys cahm, sort of, if you speak English.
Often described as pagan sarcophagi, this in fact often included Christian themes such as scenes from the Old Testament.
If anyone remembers what the motif of strigiles meant (striations, like waves) on sarcophagi, I'd appreciate hearing from you. It wasn't just decorative but had a meaning then. My studies in early Christian art were long ago and I cannot seem to find that in my notes. All I remember is that the answer wasn't what I'd think -- they meant sometime different a couple of thousand years ago than how they look now, which is really just as pretty, wavey lines carved into rock.
The best-preserved sarcophagi are over in the Museum of Antiquities in Arles, and some were discovered nearby (there used to be a Roman circus there, such as for chariot races) as late as the 1980s.
Arles is in the Bouches-du-Rhône département, in the Camargue region, in a huge area both inland and not far from the Mediterranean sea in the Southeast of France. I rented a furnished house here for a week recently, just off the Roman arena. The largest commune in France, Arles is a city with a lot of personality and has a very Meridionale style.
Alyscamps , Arles France
Eerie sounds in the dark tomb!
Arles Alyscamps
Alyscamps een oude begraafplaats uit de 4e eeuw de moeite waard om te bezoeken.
Van Gogh -- Hospital -- Arles, France
Vincent Van Gogh was here in this charity hospital in Arles, France in the 19th c. due to his ear cutting thing and also because his neighbors signed a petition asking him to be hospitalized.
This is a very short clip because three tour groups showed up while I was recording this.
There isn't much to see at this particular place but you can drop in and have a look. There is a huge tourist shop adjacent which sells all kinds of Vincent Van Gogh items, from the cheap to the high quality. You could get a silly 3-D postcard here, a refrigerator magnet, or a shopping bag here, but you could also buy a quality silk scarf, fine ceramics and genuine Flemish tapestries, so I am no knocking it!
Arles is in the Bouche-du-Rhône département in France in Provence, not far from the Mediterranean sea. You can still see Roman ruins all over the place and usually, the sun is warm and bright and the colors are lovely and have inspired many, many artists.
I rented a house at 24, rue Renan by the Roman arena where bullfights and events are still held, for a fun week. This is a city of personality and is the largest commune in France.
Camargue has rice fields, those white-grey horses, and the mistral, a wild wind. If you are thinking of a city in France to visit, I could easily recommend Arles. I suggest it for a week.
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Arles, France | Feria d'Arles | I tried bull meat for the first time!
The first on my south France trip that I've explored was Arles in the Provence. You won't necessarily think that you're in France because of the feeling and the architecture and the paella everywhere. It felt more like a part of Spain than France. But Arles is very beautiful and charming. It has beautiful sights, friendly people and good food! I was there at the Feria Festival, which happens every year over a whole weekend. They played music and the restaurants and bars serve fresh food & drinks outside. Arles was really worth it!
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Les Alyscamps is in Arles, France.
This is an abandoned church at the end of the walk, which you do have to pay to get into. I only got into here for free because it was a heritage days special weekend event in France. There is a long row of sarcophagi here and people have strolled here for a long time.
This huge ruined church will apparently be worked on a bit next year. It is filthy and people let their dogs run in here, as it is.
This is part of an ancient Roman necropole which got reduced in size over time and a bunch of the sarcophagi are just kind of lined up along the way outside. Vincent Van Gogh did some paintings here.
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Les Alyscamps Arles
j'ai revisité la bouleversante nécropole profanisé des Alyscamps en Arles, je voulai faire une vidéo mieux que celle que j'avais fait avec mon téléphone, je l'ai fait, mais le chant des cigales le soleil le bruissement des arbres sous le vent donnait à l'ensemble un air de vacance, ne cadrant pas avec l'intensité métaphysique du lieu, alors j'ai décidé d'y mettre une musique, mais laquelle ?
sur le chemin du retour j'ai écouté un album des Cure kiss me kiss me kiss me, que j'avais dans mon téléphone, et je suis tombé sur cet air je l'ai trouvé parfait pour la vidéo,
je ne pouvais mieux imaginer, en effet ma vidéo faisait exactement 3mn40 en et une foi rentré en préparant le montage je m'aperçois que la mélodie très inspiré de Robert Smith fait exactement aussi 3mn40...
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Die Alyscamps (Elyseische Felder) in Arles/ Provence ist ein antiker Friedhof. Entlang einer 500 Meter langen Platanen-Allee reihen sich Steinsarkophage aneinander. Im Mittelalter ließen sich hier Christen aus ganz Frankreich bestatten, um dem hier beigesetzten St. Honorat nahe zu sein
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Places to see in ( Arles - France )
Places to see in ( Arles - France )
Arles is a city on the Rhône River in the Provence region of southern France. It's famed for inspiring the paintings of Van Gogh, which influenced the contemporary art displayed at the Fondation Vincent Van Gogh. Once a provincial capital of ancient Rome, Arles is also known for many remains from that era, including Arles Amphitheatre (les Arènes d'Arles), now hosting plays, concerts and bullfights.
Roman treasures, shady squares and plenty of Camarguais culture make Arles a seductive stepping stone into the Camargue. And if its colourful sun-baked houses evoke a sense of déjà vu, it’s because you’ve seen them already on a Van Gogh canvas – the artist painted 200-odd works around town, but sadly his famous little ‘yellow house’ on place Lamartine, which he painted in 1888, was destroyed during WWII. Happily, the Fondation Vincent van Gogh brings in at least one work each season for its annual exhibition.
Arles is a town and municipality in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA), department of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the southeast of France. It is mainly known for its association with Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, who produced some of his most famous paintings here. It is also a very pleasant town on the boards of the Rhône river with some well-preserved Roman buildings, including an amphitheatre that is still used for bullfighting. Arles is also the perfect base for exploring the surrounding area, which boasts popular tourist destinations like Avignon, Nîmes and the Camargue.
Arles was founded on a hill on the east bank of the river Rhône, which just south of the city branches into two rivers, the Grand Rhône and Petit Rhône, that together encircle the marshlands and lagoons of the Camargue region, and provide access to the Mediterranean Sea. Because of its strategic position, it was already settled around 800 BC by the Ligurians, later followed by the Gauls, the Phoenicians and eventually Romans, who conquered the south of Gaul in 123 BC. Arles was called Arelate in Roman times and was an important harbour town with the southernmost bridge over the river Rhône, but it was at first overshadowed by the originally Greek port of Massalia (Marseille).
The old town centre is very pretty, with winding streets full of old houses built in grey limestone with pastel-coloured shutters. It is worth just exploring the sidestreets, where you can suddenly run into a nice little restaurant or shop. It is also worth taking a stroll on the quays of the river Rhône to enjoy the view. The main tourist drags are the area around the amphitheatre and the Place du Forum, but the tourist trade is relatively modest, although Place du Forum gets very noisy in the evening. The main streets surrounding the old town are very busy with traffic during the day, especially the Boulevard des Lices, since the major bridge over the Rhône can only be reached from there. The old neighbourhoods of La Roquette (west of town centre) and Trinquetaille (on the other bank of the river) are left largely unexplored by tourists.
Alot to see in ( Arles - France ) such as :
Les Arènes d'Arles (Roman amphitheatre)
Théâtre Antique
Thermes de Constantin (Baths of Constantine)
Cryptoportiques
Les Alyscamps
Primatiale Saint-Trophime
Musée Départemental Arles Antique
Musée Réattu
Pont Van Gogh
Langlois
Fondation Van Gogh
Café La Nuit
Place du Forum
Les Rues en Musique
Rencontres d'Arles
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Amphitheater,
Die Nekropole Les Alyscamps mit der Kirche Saint-Honorat
Brücke von Langlois
la crypte @ les Alyscamps d'Arles
la crypte et le couloir coudé nord, qui constituait l'un des deux accès (avec le couloir sud) avant l'aménagement de l'escalier central, dans l'église Saint-Honorat des Alyscamps (XIIe), vestige de l'abbaye, à Arles
Paseo por Alyscamp Tributo a Van Gogh
Una de las grandes fans del autodidacta holandes pasea por Alyscamp ruinas romanas que se hayan en Arles en el corazon de la Provenza francesa rindiendo culto al gran genio holandes.