{"id":636,"date":"2016-06-01T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T18:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/?p=636"},"modified":"2016-06-01T12:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T18:50:10","slug":"hello-from-nimes-france-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/?p=636","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Nimes, France (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHello from Nimes, France (Part 3)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWednesday evening &ndash; June 1, 2016&nbsp;&nbsp; (tenth post of this travelogue)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs I have mentioned, the city of Nimes is a jewel and we are so fortunate to have lucked into this stay.&nbsp; As noted in the last post, our apartment is right in the middle of historic Nimes and I do mean historic. Some of the history is described in this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N%C3%AEmes\">link<\/a>.&nbsp; Quoting from Wiki:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">\n\tN&icirc;mes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire when the city was home to 50,000&ndash;60,000 people. Several famous monuments are in N&icirc;mes, such as the N&icirc;mes Arena and the Maison Carr&eacute;e. Because of this, N&icirc;mes is often referred to as the French Rome.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe quote above mentions the Nimes Arena which is very much like the Coliseum in Rome.&nbsp; Some details are contained in this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arena_of_N%C3%AEmes\">link<\/a>.&nbsp; Here is a quote from Wiki:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">\n\tThe Arena of N&icirc;mes is a Roman amphitheatre, situated in the French city of N&icirc;mes. Built around AD 70, it was remodelled in 1863 to serve as a bullring. The Arena of N&icirc;mes is the site of two annual bullfights during the Feria de N&icirc;mes, and it is also used for other public events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWe took a walking tour on Monday and got some great photos of the arena:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Coliseum-3-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coliseum 3 (Large)\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-642\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Coliseum-3-Large-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Coliseum-2-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coliseum 2 (Large)\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-641\" height=\"273\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Coliseum-2-Large-300x273.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Coliseum-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coliseum (Large)\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-640\" height=\"282\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Coliseum-Large-300x282.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTuesday we hung around the area and just enjoyed a leisurely day.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tToday we walked to both the Maison Carree <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maison_Carr%C3%A9e\">link<\/a> and the Cathedral of Notre Dame and St Castor.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Maison Carree (see photo) was built in 7 AD (over 2000 years old).&nbsp; It is said to be &ldquo;one of the best preserved Roman temple fa&ccedil;ades to be found in the territory of the former Roman Empire&rdquo;.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Maison-Carree-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maison Carree (Large)\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-643\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Maison-Carree-Large-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Cathedral of Notre Dame is quite a bit newer than the other two structures.&nbsp; Various sites give different dates, but it seems to have been rebuilt in the 1600s after being destroyed by various &ldquo;wars of religion&rdquo;.&nbsp; The exterior is not all that impressive, but the interior is incredible (see photos).&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cathedral-of-Notre-Dame-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cathedral of Notre Dame (Large)\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-637\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cathedral-of-Notre-Dame-Large-210x300.jpg\" width=\"210\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cathedral-of-Notre-Dame-inside-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cathedral of Notre Dame inside (Large)\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-638\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cathedral-of-Notre-Dame-inside-Large-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cathedral-of-Notre-Dame-side-chapel-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cathedral of Notre Dame side chapel (Large)\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-639\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cathedral-of-Notre-Dame-side-chapel-Large-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThat is all for this post.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hello from Nimes, France (Part 3) Wednesday evening &ndash; June 1, 2016&nbsp;&nbsp; (tenth post of this travelogue) As I have mentioned, the city of Nimes is a jewel and we are so fortunate to have lucked into this stay.&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/?p=636\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions\/644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}