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Porte Noire

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Erected in AD 175 in honour of Marcus Aurelius, this 16.5m-high Roman triumphal arch stands very near where the columns of a Roman theatre and the vestiges of an aqueduct (all still visible) were discovered in the late 19th-century.

The site, which attests to the importance of µþ±ð²õ²¹²Ôç´Ç²Ô as a site of Gallo-Roman civilisation, was restored as an 'English-style architectural garden' in 2006.


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