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A little of History
Arles the Mecca of Provence, returned famous by Bizet, the Mecca of the Camargue, the country of the Gypsies for the ancient time. Arles is the ancient Celtic city of the time of the princes known under the name Arélate. It was, also, from 6 ° century before J C, the relay of the penetration of the Hellenic civilization in the South of the Loire. Under the Greek domin-ion it became Theline. Busy some times by Hannibal. It was of use as base to Caius Julius Caesar in its attack of Massalia allied in pumped.

Roman province, Arelate (Arelatus, Arelatum), It received all the favours of Auguste (Octave) and was reconstructed accord-ing to the plans of Tibère, just like Rome. Plundered by ala-mans in 3 ° century it was rehabilitate by Constantin and shel-tered two councils in the 4°siècle. It was the seat of the bishop's palace until the revolution. (1789) before becoming the ally of the Wisigotht in 6 ° centuries then Ostrogoths which ré established a Roman administration of monachal style.

Dominated by the Merovingians it was sacking by the Saracens in 730.

Freed it was the seat of the Realm of Provence ( 880 ), then Arles ( 933 ). Autonomous (1142), she(it) was connected with the County of Provence ( 1246 ). It was an important baillage of the Knight Templars ( 1257 ).

It was connected in France with Provence.

Arles is also famous by Van Gog who stayed there and the city is classified: international patrimony, by UNESCO.