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Place de la Maison-Carrée, 30000Nîmes, France
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2024
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2024

This house impresses with its harmonious proportions and majesty.

This superb hexastyle Roman temple, the best preserved in the world, was built in the early 1st century and dedicated to the grandson and adopted son of Emperor Augustus: consuls and military leaders Lucius Caesar and Caius Julius Caesar. With its architecture inspired by the temples of Apollo and Mars Ultor in Rome, it is impressive for the harmony of its proportions and the majesty it exudes. Thirty columns, each nine meters high, enclose the interior structure. This consists of a cella preceded by a pronaos with a modern ceiling. Originally, the cella was entered through a large door almost seven meters high. In Roman times, the monument was located to the south of the forum. Over the centuries, the temple became a consular house, a church and then a museum of ancient art. It was the meeting place of the Directoire during the revolutionary period, then became the prefecture of the Gard department between 1800 and 1807. Restored, like other Nîmes monuments, in the 19th century, the Maison Carrée bears, engraved in Roman letters on its west side, a short text in Latin: "Repaired by the munificence of the king and money donated by the citizens, 1822". Classified as a historic monument in the 1840 list, the monument has been a Unesco World Heritage Site since September 18, 2023. The Maison Carrée now boasts a new, original museography, with a thematic tour to help visitors understand what makes it so unique.

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Natalia77
Visited in august 2016
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En plein coeur de la ville, proche des arènes, la maison carrée est une visite a faire pour comprendre la création de cette ville, grâce a un film projeté
Visited in may 2017
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C'est un temple romain en plein milieu d'une place, on ne peut pas le manquer.
Il est tellement bien conservé qu'on pourrait croire q'il a été construit il y a quelques années. A l'intérieur un film est projeter pour expliquer qui a créé la ville de Nîmes.
aure1988
Visited in may 2016
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Au centre de la ville, la maison carrée est un monument à fort point d'intérêt, on ne peut pas la raté lors d'une balade dans le centre.
ric135684
Visited in august 2016
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Un autre monument incontournable de la visite de Nîmes est la Maison Carrée, qui se trouve entre les Arènes et les Jardins de la Fontaine.
Si vous avez pris un "Pass Nîmes romaine" (Arènes + Maison Carrée + Tour Magne)
Billet valable 3 jours au prix de 12€, vous pourrez visiter ce lieu datant du 1er siècle.
auguste2
Visited in october 2016
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Un monument antique exceptionnel en plein centre de Nîmes à visiter avec le pass 3 monuments afin d'avoir un aperçu de l'histoire de la ville à travers un film très pédagogique.

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