Provence Sights

Cryptoportiques

Cryptoportiques Review

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.

    Contact Information

  • 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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