Nîmes Photo Gallery

1/17. Bronze matador in front of the Nîmes Roman arena.

2/17. Nîmes Roman arena on a sunny day in September.

3/17. An inside passage of the Nîmes Roman arena.

4/17. Pradier Fountain (La Fontaine Pradier), 1851, in park near the Nîmes Arena.

5/17. This is Nîmes' Maison Carrée, a Roman temple dedicated to Gaius Julius Caesar and Lucius Caesar. Built during the period of 269-16 BC, by the patron of the Roman Pantheon, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.

6/17. Nîmes Maison Carrée Roman temple and surrounding area

7/17. The tall 15th-century clock tower at Nîmes' Place de l'Horloge

8/17. Crocodile and terrace cafés on Place du Marché in Nîmes. The crocodile symbol in Nîmes' coat of arms honored the veterans of the Roman legions returned from Caesar's Nile campaigns.

9/17. Real crocodiles inside the Nîmes town hall (Mairie). Yes, real! But stuffed, and around 400-500 years old.

10/17. The 'Jacquemard' on the building facing the front of the Nîmes town hall (Mairie).

11/17. Sculpted tower on a building viewed from the Roman arena in Nîmes.

12/17. Nîmes Roman ruins and statue at the old Roman road 'Via Domitia', now the Rue Nationale.

13/17. Nîmes' long, shady boulevard 'Quai de la Fontaine'. This leads west from the center of Nîmes towards the Jardins de la Fontaine.

14/17. Jardins de la Fontaine in Nîmes. This magnificent site was the first civic gardens in France, built in the middle of the 18th century.

15/17. A watery detail of Nîmes Jardins de la Fontaine.

16/17. Nîmes' Jardins de la Fontaine, facing the grand staircase.

17/17. Nîmes Roman Tour Magne, on hilltop at north edge of the town