Vienne Travel Guide

 aliante1981 Says:  Or, Roman Theatre, for those of us who speak mostly English and almost no French (like yours truly, I am afraid), is nested at the foot of Mont Pipet (off the rue du Cirque). It used to be one of the largest amphitheatres in Roman France, for over 13,000. That's almost half... 

 aliante1981 Says:  Vienne is really more celebrated for its Antique monuments, than for its medieval ones. The Cathedral of St. Maurice, however, is a notable exception to the rule. It took people a typically long time (for those days, I mean) to build, some four centuries. In fact, it was... 

 aliante1981 Says:  Built in 10 BC, on the site called today place du Palais, it is an elegant and handsome (though, just as most of the Antique buildings, preserving just a small part of its former structure) construction suported by tall columns in Corinthian style. What seemed to me really... 

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 aliante1981 Says:  Funny enough, wherever you go here, you always seem to end up against a Roman monument. The Romans were anything but not lazy over there, in Vienne. This particular structure, 20 meters high, was the centrepiece of the chariot racetrack - a fave occupation of the Romans in... 

 aliante1981 Says:  Situated not far from the place de Miremont, it is a temple despite the name would suggest to you that it is a Roman theatre. Dedicated to the goddess Cybele (here finally the title got it right :)) ), who is famous for the fact that the rites in her honour and worship...