Arles
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- Names
Constantia
Arelate Sextanorum
Arles
Arles sur Rhône
Arelate
Theline
Arelatensis colonia
Arelatum
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Arles was one of the pilgrimage sites on route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. French pilgrimage routes to Compostela tend to follow old Roman roads, many of which continued to be utilized as primary roads of communication during the Middle Ages. Arles was a leading city of the west Roman Empire. It fell under Visigoth control during the 6th century and then under Muslims rule in 730. It has a Roman arena dating to the 1st century BCE, which is presently used for bullfights and plays. It also has many Roman ruins. Arles was home to Vincent van Gogh during a productive period of his career.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998); GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989); MacKendrick, Roman France (1971); Orbis Latinus (1971); Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979); Times Atlas of World History (1993); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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