La Sarrazine Creperie.Nimes.France
by Jennie Breeze
Title
La Sarrazine Creperie.Nimes.France
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_3016
Description
Photograph taken in quaint and colorful Nimes, France. Ns is the capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Ns has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and is a popular tourist destination. It is located south-southwest of Lyon, at the foot of some barren hills called the Monts Garrigues to the north and west of the city. It stands upon a vine-planted plain. Nimes probably has the largest visible evidence of the Romans who annexed this part of France, and lies on the via Domitia, the Roman road between Spain and Italy. Nimes is another town famous for its bullfighting, and the ferias of Pentecost and September are some of the biggest in France, and appropriately, still held in the old Roman amphitheatre, holding up to 20,000 spectators. Bulls have been raised on the nearby Camargue for centuries and the art of Tauromachie - bull handling, has been practiced in Nimes throughout this time.
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January 10th, 2013
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