File:The Roman Theatre - Arles (5797428521).jpg
Original file (3,648 × 2,736 pixels, file size: 2.42 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionThe Roman Theatre - Arles (5797428521).jpg |
The ruins / remains of <a href="http://www.arles-guide.com/arles_tourism/arles_monuments/arles_roman_theater" rel="noreferrer nofollow">The Roman Theatre</a> in Arles. In recent years they have added new stone seating to it. Various events are held here. Arles Roman Theater (Théâtre Antique d'Arles in French) was built in the time of Augustus and, with seating for 8,000 on 33 tiers of steps, was as large as the theater in Orange. In the early Middle Ages the theater was used as a quarry, and with the material it provided the town wall was erected. Of the rear wall of the stage only a few stumps of pillars and two more or less complete columns remain. Since the theater is now used again during the summer it is protected on the outside by screens and the interior is somewhat spoiled by the necessary technical apparatus. Most of the relics brought to light during excavation can be seen in the Arles Museum of Antiquity - the most important of these is the "Venus of Arles", a representation of the goddess Diana, which was discovered near a fountain in 1651 and is now in the Louvre in Paris. The Roman Theater has been listed as World Heritage Sites since 1981. Arles Roman Theater is now a monument to visit and a place of concerts and events like during the "Rencontres d'Arles".
The theatre stands at the top of a hill. The semicircle of tiers in 103 m long in its widest axis and faces west. It is the oldest monument in the town having been started under the reign of Augustus and finished under Antony. It has suffered a great deal over the years. The building was originally surrounded by three rows of arches which only one section still remains, called Rolland's tower. The tiers formed thirty-three vaults backing against the surrounding wall. The stage area was paved with pink breccia stone and the part where the former chorus stood still partly remains. The stage backed against a large wall richly decorated with statues , alcoves and friezes enclosing the semicircle. Only two very beautiful columns surmounted by a fragment of the fronton are still standing. Taken from a tourist book of Arles I got from the tourist office in Arles. |
Date | |
Source | The Roman Theatre - Arles |
Author | Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Camera location | 43° 40′ 35.41″ N, 4° 37′ 46.92″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 43.676504; 4.629701 |
---|
Licensing
[edit]- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by ell brown at https://flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/5797428521. It was reviewed on 5 March 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
5 March 2021
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 16:38, 5 March 2021 | 3,648 × 2,736 (2.42 MB) | Matlin (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Camera manufacturer | FUJIFILM |
---|---|
Camera model | FinePix S1500 |
Exposure time | 1/280 sec (0.0035714285714286) |
F-number | f/6.4 |
ISO speed rating | 64 |
Date and time of data generation | 13:55, 24 May 2011 |
Lens focal length | 5.9 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Digital Camera FinePix S1500 Ver1.01 |
File change date and time | 13:55, 24 May 2011 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Landscape mode (for landscape photos with the background in focus) |
Exif version | 2.2 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:55, 24 May 2011 |
Meaning of each component |
|
Image compression mode | 2 |
APEX shutter speed | 8.16 |
APEX aperture | 5.36 |
APEX brightness | 5 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 2.97 APEX (f/2.8) |
Metering mode | Average |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
Focal plane X resolution | 6,129 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 6,129 |
Focal plane resolution unit | 3 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Scene capture type | Landscape |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |