Fourchon
Fourchon is a quarter in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and has about 600 residents. Fourchon is situated nearby to the quarter Les Alyscamps, as well as near Plan-du-Bourg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alyscamps and Langlois Bridge.
Alyscamps
Photo: Hawobo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The Alyscamps is a large Roman necropolis, which is a short distance outside the walls of the old town of Arles, France. It was one of the most famous necropolises of the ancient world.
Langlois Bridge
Photo: G u i d o, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Langlois Bridge was a double-beam drawbridge in Arles, France, which was the subject of several paintings by Vincent van Gogh in 1888. Being one of eleven drawbridges built by a Dutch engineer along the channel from Arles to Port-de-Bouc, this bridge might have reminded the artist of his homeland.
Roman Theatre of Arles
Theater building
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Roman Theatre of Arles is a 1st-century Roman theatre, built during the reign of Caesar Augustus. It is located next to the Arles Amphitheatre in the city of Arles, Provence, France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include LUMA Arles and Barriol.
LUMA Arles
Neighborhood
Photo: MYR67, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Luma Arles is an arts center in Arles, France created by the LUMA Foundation headed by Swiss arts patron Maja Hoffmann. It encompasses several renovated former railroad factories and the LUMA Tower, a 15,000 square meter tower building designed by the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry for the LUMA Foundation.
Fourchon
- Type: Quarter with 600 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Arles, Arrondissement of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.66102° or 43° 39′ 40″ northLongitude
4.63509° or 4° 38′ 6″ eastPopulation
600Open location code
8FM6MJ6P+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6111667193OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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