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Cryptoportiques
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You can gain access to these ancient underground galleries at the entrance to a 17th-century Jesuit college. Dating from 30 BC to 20 BC, this horseshoe of vaults and pillars buttressed the ancient forum from below ground. Used as a refuge for Resistance members in World War II, these galleries still have a rather ominous atmosphere. Yet openings let in natural daylight, and artworks of considerable merit and worth were unearthed here, adding to the mystery of the original function of these passages.
- Address: Rue Balze, Arles, 13200 | Map It
- Phone: 04-90-49-59-05
- Cost: € 3.50
- Hours: May-Sept., daily 9-6:30; Oct., Mar., and Apr., daily 9-6; Nov.-Feb., daily 10-5.
- Website: www.tourisme.ville-arles.fr
- Location: Arles
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