Alès Photo Gallery

1/13. The old bridge (Pont Vieux) across the Gardon river at Alès

2/13. Fountains and small park at the riverside edge of Alès

3/13. The town hall (Mairie) of Alès, on Place de la Mairie

4/13. A Medieval chapel in the heart of Alès is now the Office de Tourisme, complete with giant solar-energy panels

5/13. Place Barbusse in Alès at the far end of Rue St-Vincent the Hermitage is visible on the far hilltop

6/13. The Hermitage chapel on the hilltop overlooking Alès is the site of a prehistoric grotto and pre-Roman oppidum

7/13. The Cathedral de Saint Jean-Baptiste was rebuilt in the 18th century on the site of the 10th century original

8/13. The gilded campanile on top of the Saint Jean Cathedral in Alès

9/13. Ancient doorway and steps on Rue Soubeyrannes, once leading up to the Vauban Fort of Alès

10/13. Rebuilt rampart walls of the Vauban Fort in Alès

11/13. A beach is set up beside the Gardon every summer in the town of Alès

12/13. The Alès summertime beach has waterskiing, towed by a cable device across the river

13/13. Statue of Pasteur in Alès is one of only two in France