Scientists may have found the remains of a Roman-era canal south of Arles built by the uncle of Julius Caesar. . | Credit: ...

But if you really want to experience a place through an artist's eyes, Steves says there's one destination that stands out — Arles ... people-watching at the Roman Arena, just as Van Gogh ...

Arles is a good example of the adaptation of an ancient city to medieval European civilization. It has some impressive Roman monuments, of which the earliest – the arena, the Roman theatre and the ...

Around that time in Arles ... France, the stevedores did things a bit differently: They threw their empties into the river. Arles in the first century was the thriving gateway to Roman Gaul.