Tourist attractions Uzès

With its ancient patinated stonework, delicate structure and backdrop of green hills and waters of the Gardon, this grandiose feat of engineering built in the 1C continues to amaze. It was part of a 50km-long aqueduct built to bring spring water from..

This is as pure and well-preserved a Roman temple as may be found anywhere. Erected in the reign of Augustus, it was dedicated to the “princes of youth”, the emperor's grandsons. It exudes a fragile charm, due to the harmony of its proportions, and t..

Start in place aux Herbes , the heart of the old town which is very lively on Wednesday mornings on account of its farmers’ market. Don’t miss the Duché , a proud medieval fortress with a Renaissance façade and take in the view from the top of the ..

This Romanesque vestige (12C) of the old cathedral is the sole example in France of a round bell tower. The name derives from its five storeys of twinned windows surmounting a blind-arcaded first floor.

The waters of the Aiguillon dry out in summer to the extent that its course may be walked along, but its power has carved a passageway through limestone. The Aiguillon Gorge acquired the name “Concluses” from the Occitan word conclusas meaning bow..

Dominating a vast horizon between the Gard and the Ardèche, the beak-like hight point of the Bouquet range is reached by a steep track, passing the ruins of Château du Bouquet. From the summit the view takes in the Cévennes plateaus, the jumble of pe..

Designed in the 18C by military engineer JP Mareschal, this garden is at the foot and on the slopes of Mont Cavalier, atop which stands the Magne Tower . It was laid out in accordance with the classical layout around the Nemausus spring, spreading f..

Prior to the Roman occupation, this polygonal tower, which stands 34 metres high, was part of the 16km-long city wall built by the Romans. At its summit, there is a lovely view of the tiled roofs of the town and, in the background, the Ventoux and th..

The Museum of Old Nimes contains objects from the textile industry (with some superb shawls), regional furniture, Protestantism and bullfighting (in the absence of the bullfighting museum). All Nimes activities presented as a series of thematic exhib..

Replacing the colonnade of the old theatre, this facility houses a rich multimedia resource (in the basement) and a museum of contemporary art devoted to art from 1960 to the present day grouped into three sections: French art, Mediterranean art (Spa..

The Le Portal complex houses an interactive multimedia exhibition mainly devoted to the subject of water in Roman times; sewage systems in ancient towns, the Roman lifestyle, and interesting information about aqueducts and the construction of the Po..

Water from the source of the River Eure, near Uzès, chanelled by the Roman aqueduct running across the famous Pont du Gard , ran into this Roman water tower before being distributed in the different quarters of the Gallo-Roman walled city.

The father of Tartarin de Tarascon was in fact born in Nimes in this house with its column-lined façade.

Originally flanked by two towers, this gate has two wide passages for chariots and two narrower ones for pedestrians. The bronze copy of a statue of Augustus gave the gate its name. On the ground, note the line marking the contours of the former cast..

Nimes cathedral was built in 1096 and suffered greatly during the Wars of Religion. It was almost entirely rebuilt in the 19C. The pleasant place aux Herbes where the cathedral stands is a good stopping-off point with its many café terraces.

The faded charm of an old-fashioned museum, with some lovely stuffed animals in the windows and hosting remarkable temporary exhibitions.

The architect of this Jesuit chapel seems to have wanted to copy the Roman monuments in the town. Today, it is a temporary exhibition and concert venue.

The building has a lovely 18C façade and imposing paved courtyard.

The inexhaustible soil of Nimes... where each shovelful reveals a mosaic and antique buildings. They are gathered here in this archaeological museum in the former Jesuit college. Major lapidary collection, objects from everydaily life, startling ston..