Sunday Oct 15th.  After mass in Uzes we headed down to Arles. This is the only town we visited besides Avignon that I had ever heard of, and that's only because Van Gogh painted there. In fact he painted over 300 pictures in and around Arles. It is a very old town that sits right where the Rhone widens into its delta. The Romans built a lot of what we saw. 

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The cafe above was the scene for one of Van Gogh's more well known paintings. 

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The cathedral was open so we slipped in for a visit. It was Sunday after all.

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Then it was on to the Roman stuff. They left us a large amphitheater for the big events and a smaller one for plays. Both are in use today. 

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The obelisk above from the fourth century is part of the Roman legacy

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On the way home we stopped at a couple points of interest. First a windmill. The environment provides enough steady wind to make building windmills in medieval times worthwhile. Quite a few dotted the landscape until the steam age. We also found the ruins of another Roman aqueduct. This one was not quite as majestic, nor was it in as good a condition, as Pont de Gard. It provided a different kind of picture too.

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Back to Uzes for wine. More Roman ruins tomorrow.