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Arles

[ ahrlz; French arl ]

noun

  1. a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.


Arles

/ ɑːlz; arl /

noun

  1. a city in SE France, on the Rhône: Roman amphitheatre. Pop: 50 513 (1999)
  2. Kingdom of Arles
    Kingdom of Arles a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200


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The landscape brought to mind the Camargue, the flat marshlands to the south of Arles.

My trip that started by walking in Van Gogh’s shoes in Arles, and seeing through his eyes at the asylum in Saint-Remy, ended at one of these villages, the medieval town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

An artist in Arles cut the bull shapes from rolls of linoleum.

Swansea approached the owner of the arena in Arles, got the gig, and set to work.

It was a lucky day for both of us when I picked you up on the road between Salon and Arles.

At Arles we witness a great combat of animals, in which the lion of Arles, along with four bulls, is turned loose in the arena.

It remains for you to spread broadcast the virtues of Arles.

Constantius convokes the Council of Arles, which condemns Arianism.

The place where the heretics were confined in burning tombs resembled the vast cemetery of Arles.

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