Best places: Historical landmarks in Nimes, France

This 17th-century park on 15 hectares offers Roman ruins & botanic gardens, plus ponds & sculptures.

Conçu sur un plan basilical, ce monument romain du Ier siècle abrita un monastère au Moyen Âge.

18m stone watchtower, part of the Roman city wall from the Augustinian era, with panoramic views.

👍👍 The architecture is amazing!

👍 The inscription above the arches reads: "The Emperor Augustus, son of the divine Caesar, consul for the eleventh time, exercising tribunician power for the eighth time, gave the gates and walls to the colony". The construction of the Porte d'Auguste, formerly known as Porte d'Arles, dates back to th...

👍 The English translation: "Water Castle". Although it was known from the texts, it is a rare vestige of this type. Its function was to distribute water to the city. This water was supplied by a 50 km long aqueduct built in the middle of the 1st century A.D. (Augustan period). In times of drought, it...

👍 A Roman monument in the fountain garden in Nîmes, where we find koi carp, ducks, ducklings, swans.... ..