Arles: the recovered vocation

Collection title

Mediterraneo

ID

INA00510

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

12/05/1995

Production year

1995

Abstract

Arles, a city that has existed since Ancient Greece,has grown considerably with the arrival of Julius Caesar. With the decline in the middle Ages, the arenas shelter homes. The amphitheatre is restored to its vocation in 1830, when, in honor of Charles X and the capture of Algiers, a bullfight is held there. Since then the arenas have a vocation of bullfighting, inspired by Spain. Jean Maurice Rouquette, curator of the museum of Arles recalls the events of the expropriation of the arenas. Hubert Yonnet, Director of the Arenas, also explains the conflict between the arrangements for public safety and the conservation of the monument as it is.

Type

video

Production companies

• France 3 - Coproduction
• RAI - Coproduction

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Personalities

• Rouquette Jean Maurice
• Yonnet Hubert

Primary theme

Antiquity

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life / Festivals and traditions
• Society and way of life / Sport and games

Credits / Cast

• Sanguinetti Sampiero - Journalist
• Mesrine Jean Pierre - Journalist

Period of events

• From 0 to 500

Map locations

• France - South East - Arles

Original language

French

Media running time

6m55

Additional information