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Les Alyscamps
Les Alyscamps Review
Though the romantically melancholic Roman cemetery lies 1 km (½ mi) southeast of the Vieille Ville, it's worth the hike—certainly Van Gogh thought so, as several of his famous canvases prove. This long necropolis amassed the remains of the dead from antiquity to the Middle Ages. Greek, Roman, and Christian tombs line the shady road that was once the main entry to Arles, the Aurelian Way. Next to the ruins rise the Romanesque tower and ruined church of St. Honorat, where (legend has it) St. Trophimus fell to his knees when God spoke to him.
- Address: Allée des Sarcophages, Arles, 13200
- Phone: 04-90-49-36-74
- Cost: €3.50
- Hours: May--Sept., daily 9--7; Oct., daily 9--noon and 2--6; Nov.--Feb., daily 10--noon and 2--5; Mar. and Apr., daily 9--noon and 2--6
- Website: www.arlestourisme.com
- Location: Arles
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