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Les Alyscamps
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Though this romantically melancholy Roman cemetery lies 1 km (½ mi) southeast from 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 long shady road that was once the entry to Arles—the Aurelian Way. The trail leads you to further mysteries—take time to explore the Romanesque tower and ruined church of St. Honorat and locate the spot where (legend has it) St. Trophimus fell to his knees when God spoke to him.
- Address: Arles
- Phone: 04-90-49-59-05
- Cost: €3.50
- Hours: May-Sept., daily 9-6:30; Oct., daily 9-noon and 2-6; Nov.-Feb., daily 10-noon and 2-6; Mar. and Apr., daily 9-noon and 2-6
- Website: www.tourisme.ville-arles.fr
- Location: Arles
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