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Les Alyscamps
⌂ Ave des Alyscamps
# 9am–6pm daily
Christ is claimed to have
appeared to early Christians
who met in secret at this vast
necropolis, which was one of
the largest and most famous
cemeteries in the western
world. An avenue of marble
sarcophagi marks the site
where many of the city’s
dignitaries were buried. Artists painting in the
Christians were often buried gardens of Fondation 7 "'=
by the tomb of Genesius, a Vincent Van Gogh Fondation Vincent
beheaded Christian martyr. Van Gogh Arles
⌂ 35 rue du Dr Fanton
some of the highlights of # 11am–6pm Tue–Sun (to
this museum’s collection of
5 "'\-= Roman sculp tures, which date 7pm Apr–Sep) ∑ fondation-
Luma Foundation from pre-Christian times to vincentvan gogh-arles.org
the period that followed Housed in a 15th-century
⌂ 45 chemin des Minimes
# 11am–6pm Tue–Sun Constantine’s conversion of mansion, the Hôtel Léautaud
∑ luma-arles.org the Empire in AD 312. A new de Donines, this foundation
wing opened in 2013 to house aims to put Van Gogh’s work
Soaring above the old town the Arles Rhône 3, a fantast- in context and highlights the
like a starship ready for lift- ically well-preserved Roman artist’s influence on his con-
off, architect Frank Gehry’s 31-m- (102-ft-) long flat- temporaries and successive
gleaming metallic landmark bottomed wooden river barge generations of painters. Today
opened in summer 2018, that was retrieved from the artsist and students can gain
endowing Arles with a brand- bed of the Rhône. permission to paint onsite.
new venue for world-class
contemporary art and
performance. The Luma R h ô n e Musée 0 metres 100 N
Foundation, led by Swiss art Réattu 0 yards 100
collector Maja Hoffmann, QUAI MARX DORMOY R. DU GRAND PRIEU RÉ GRILLE R. DE
R. DU
forms a 20-acre complex of G RAND PRIEU RÉ RU E DU 4 S EPTEMBRE Gare d’Arles
galleries, theatres, studios PEYRON 500 m (546 yd)
PLACE
and work shops dedicated to RUE TRUCHET SAUVAGE RUE R ASPAIL
producing new and adven- RUE DES SUISSES
turous work in photography RUE DU DR FANTON R. DU
and conceptual art. The coll- Fondation VERNON R. DE BRIAND R. ARISTIDE
Les
ection is split between Gehry’s Vincent Van R. ROBERT DOISNEAU Arènes
Gogh Arles
building and six former fact- RUE RUE DES ARÈNES R O N D-POIN T DE S A R È N E S
ory and warehouse spaces. LIBERTÉ PLACE DU RUE DE L' HÔTEL DE VILLE
FORUM
RUE N ICO L AÎ R. DE LA BASTILLE
R. BARRÊMES
PLAN
6 "'= RUE F. MISTRAL RUE BALZE DE LA COUR RUE DE LA CALADE
Musée Hôtel de Cryptoportiques
Ville
Départementale de PLACE Théâtre R. P O R T E DE LAURE L'AGNEAU
R. DE
Antique
l’Arles Antique RUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE LA Église d'Arles
REPUBLIQUE St-Trophime C LOITRE
⌂ Rue du Grand-Prieuré
# 10am–6pm Wed–Mon ESPACE RUE D U Luma Foundation
∑ patrimoine.ville-arles.fr VAN-GOGH RUE DE LA RUE J. JAURÈS Jardin 500 m (540 yd)
d'été
ROTONDE
A marble statue of the RUE M OLIÈRE Les Alyscamps
Emperor Augustus, a statue Musée Départementale B OUL EVA RD DE S L I C ES 450 m (490 yd)
of Venus and a massive altar de l’Arles Antique
dedicated to Apollo are just 900 m (980 yd)
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