Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Nimes, France

The Carré d'art at Nîmes in southern France houses a museum of contemporary art and the city's municipal library. Constructed of glass, concrete and steel, it faces the Maison carrée, a perfectly preserved Roman temple that dates from the very beginning of the 1st century AD. In 1984, twelve architects, including Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and César Pelli, were invited to submit proposals for the museum. A design by the British architect Norman Foster was selected, and the building was opened in May 1993.

Wikipedia: Carré d'Art (EN)

The Maison carrée is an ancient Roman temple in Nîmes, southern France; it is one of the best-preserved Roman temples to survive in the territory of the former Roman Empire. It is a mid-sized Augustan provincial temple of the Imperial cult, a caesareum.

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The Church of Saint-Paul is a neo-Romanesque style church located in Nîmes, in the Gard department and in the Occitanie region. Classified as a historical monument in 1909, it has a powerful bell tower rising 62 metres at the crossing of the transept.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Paul de Nîmes (FR)

Château Fadaise is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1964.

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The Novi Hotel in Caveirac, also called Hotel Chouleur, is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been classified as a historic monument since 2004.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Novi de Caveirac (FR)

The Hôtel Boudon, also known as the Hôtel Meynier de Salinelles, is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 2004.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Boudon (FR)

The Hôtel de Fontfroide is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1949.

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The Sainte-Eugénie Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 2009.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Sainte-Eugénie de Nîmes (FR)

The Musée du Vieux Nîmes is a museum in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and in the Occitanie region. It preserves and presents life in Nîmes since the end of the Middle Ages.

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The École supérieure des beaux-arts de Nîmes is a French art school founded in 1985. It is located in the Hôtel Rivet, a civil building in the city of Nîmes (Gard), listed as a historical monument since 1988 and classified since 2005.

Wikipedia: École supérieure des beaux-arts de Nîmes (FR)

The Hôtel de Régis is a private mansion in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1975.

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The Hôtel de Chazelles is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1963.

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The Hôtel Villard, or de Villard, is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1964.

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The Hôtel de Brueys, also known as Hôtel André or Hôtel d'Aubais, and more rarely Hôtel de Fabrique, is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Partially listed as a historical monument in 1964, it has been fully listed since 2012.

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The Arena of Nîmes is a Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes, southern France. Built around 100 CE, shortly after the Colosseum of Rome, it is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world. It is 133 metres (436 ft) long and 101 metres (331 ft) wide, with an arena measuring 68 by 38 metres. The outer facade is 21 metres (69 ft) high with two storeys of 60 arcades. It is among the 20 largest Roman amphitheatres of the 400 in existence. In Roman times, the building could hold 24,000 spectators, who were spread over 34 tiers of terraces divided into four self-contained zones or maeniana.

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Musée de la Romanité is an archeological museum in the French city of Nîmes, opened on 2 June 2018.

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The Hôtel-Dieu de Nîmes is a former hospital in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The building has housed the premises of the Nîmes Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 1936 and has been listed as a historical monument since 2000.

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The Porte de France is a Roman monument built in the first century BC. in Nîmes, in the Gard.

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The Hôtel Foulc, also known as the Hôtel Colomb de Daunant, is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 1995.

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Christian Montcouquiol was a French matador.

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The Hôtel Bézard is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 2012.

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The Pradier Fountain is a monumental marble fountain inaugurated on the esplanade of Nîmes on June 1, 1851. Its creators are the architect Charles Questel and the sculptor James Pradier and it is listed as a historical monument by decree of November 16, 1988.

Wikipedia: Fontaine Pradier (Nîmes) (FR)

The Church of Sainte-Perpétue et Sainte-Félicité de Nîmes is an eclectic style church, typical of the Second Empire, located in Nîmes, in the Gard department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The bell tower on the façade has a high spire, dominating the Charles-de-Gaulle esplanade by 71 metres. It is crowned by an impressive 8-metre wrought iron cross, 5 metres of which are embedded in the spire itself. It has a particularly slender nave rising to more than 20 meters.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Perpétue et Sainte-Félicité de Nîmes (FR)

The Hotel Milliarède is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 2007.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Milliarède (FR)

The Hôtel Davé is a civil building in the city of Nîmes, in the Gard department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has been listed as a historical monument since 2010.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Davé (FR)