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The Arena of Nīmes is a Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 amphitheater found in the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 city of Nīmes
Nīmes

N?mes is a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Gard Departments of France. N?mes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and it is a popular tourist destination....
. Built around 100 A.D., it was remodeled in 1863 to serve as a bullring
Bullring

A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with Spain, but they can also be found in neighboring countries and the New World....
. The Arenas of Nimes is the site of two annual bullfights, and it is also used for other public events.

The building encloses an elliptical central space 133 m long by 101 m wide. It is ringed by 34 rows of seats supported by a vaulted construction. It has a capacity of 16,300 spectators and since 1989 has a movable cover and a heating system.

Arena of Nīmes was constructed in the time of Emperor Augustus.






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The Arena of Nīmes is a Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 amphitheater found in the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 city of Nīmes
Nīmes

N?mes is a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Gard Departments of France. N?mes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and it is a popular tourist destination....
. Built around 100 A.D., it was remodeled in 1863 to serve as a bullring
Bullring

A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with Spain, but they can also be found in neighboring countries and the New World....
. The Arenas of Nimes is the site of two annual bullfights, and it is also used for other public events.

The building encloses an elliptical central space 133 m long by 101 m wide. It is ringed by 34 rows of seats supported by a vaulted construction. It has a capacity of 16,300 spectators and since 1989 has a movable cover and a heating system.

History

The Arena of Nīmes was constructed in the time of Emperor Augustus. As the Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 fell, the amphitheater was fortified by the Visigoths and surrounded by a wall. During the turbulent years that followed the collapse of Visigoth power in Hispania
Hispania

Hispania was the name given by the Ancient Rome to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into Roman provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior....
 and Septimania
Septimania

Septimania was the western region of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis that passed under the control of the Visigoths in 462, when Septimania was ceded to their king, Theodoric II....
, not to mention the Muslim invasion and subsequent reconquest by the French kings in the early eighteenth century, the viscount
Viscount

A 'viscount' is a member of the European nobility whose count title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl or a count ....
s of Nīmes constructed a fortified palace within the amphitheater. Later a small neighborhood developed within its confines, complete with one hundred denizens and two chapels. Seven hundred people lived within the amphitheater during the apex of its service as an enclosed community.

The buildings remained in the amphitheater until the eighteenth century, when the decision was made to convert the amphitheater into its present form.

Trivia

German rock group Rammstein
Rammstein

Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche H?rte band, founded in Berlin in 1994, and consisting of Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul Landers , Oliver Riedel , Christoph Schneider and Christian Lorenz ....
 recorded the main part of their DVD Völkerball
Völkerball

V?lkerball is the Germany Neue Deutsche H?rte band Rammstein's live album/DVD set. It was released on November 17, 2006 in Europe, December 19 2006 in Canada, and on September 18, 2007 in the U.S....
 here on July 23rd 2005. The DVD was released November 17th 2006.

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