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7 fire. The triple-arched Arc de
Triomphe was built around AD
Orange 20. It is decor ated with scenes Did You Know?
of battles, inscriptions and
! F6 ⌂ Vaucluse £ @ trophies honouring Tiberius unearthed the remains
Vaison only got its full
EXPERIENCE Provence and the Côte d’Azur centre in the Rhône Valley, an the Roman presence in Orange, name stems from five
n 5 cours Aristide Briand;
name in 1924,
and the conquest of Rome.
www.orange-tourisme.fr
after excavations
Relics in the Musée d’Art et
d’Histoire d’Orange reflect
Orange is a thriving regional
of a Roman city.
some of which date to the 1st
important marketplace for
local produce such as grapes,
century BC.
olives, honey and truffles.
Roman Theatre (Théâtre
Explore the area around the
Antique)
centuries as a Roman town.
17th-century Hôtel de Ville,
Although the upper town,
"'-= ⌂ 1 rue
where attractive streets open
which is domi nated by the
on to some lovely quiet and
Madeleine-Roch # Hours
ruins of a 12th-century castle,
shady squares. Orange is also
vary, check website
blessed with two of the great-
has some charming narrow
∑ theatre-antique.com
est Roman mon uments in
Europe, the Roman Theatre
houses and fountains, Vaison’s
d’Orange
and the Arc de Triomphe.
principal attractions are to be
Dating back to the 1st century
found across the river.
" \= ⌂ 1 rue Madeleine-
AD, the well-preserved Roman Musée d’Art et d’Histoire streets, lined with fine stone
Roch # Hours vary, check
The Roman City is split in
Theatre (Théâtre Antique), a website ∑ theatre- two districts: Puymin and
UNESCO World Heritage Site, antique.com La Villasse. At Puymin, the
still has perfect acoustics and Villa du Paon, an opulent
continues to be regularly used man sion, and a Roman the-
for performances. The back 8 atre have been uncovered.
wall soars up to a height of Also at Vaison is the stout
37 m (120 ft) and is 103 m (338 Vaison-la-Romaine Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-
ft) wide. In 2006 an immense ! F6 ⌂ Vaucluse @ Nazareth, which includes
glass roof, built high above the n Pl du Chanoine Sautel; medieval cloisters.
theatre so it would not affect www. vaison-ventoux-
the acous tics, replaced the tourisme.com Roman City
original roof, des- "'= ⌂ Fouilles de
troyed in a This site has been settled Puymin & Musée Théo
since the Bronze Age, but the Desplans, pl du Chanoine
Sautel # Hours vary, check
website ∑ www.vaison-la-
romaine.com

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