Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
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How it came to be
The Roman colony of Arausio, today's Orange in southern France, was founded in 40 BC. Its theatre was built early in the 1st century AD under Augustus and has all the parts of a Latin theatre that Vitruvius described. The stage wall is 103 metres long and 37 metres high, and a 3.5-metre statue of Augustus stands in its central niche.
The triumphal arch was built between AD 10 and 25. Its reliefs celebrate the Pax Romana, with Celtic weapons and captives and, recalling the victory at Actium, ships' prows, oars and anchors. In the 13th century it was built into a fort.
The theatre was closed by imperial decree in 391 and later looted. The arch was restored in 1824, one of the oldest such restorations in France, and work on the theatre began in 1825. A festival was held in the theatre in 1869, and from 1902 it became the music festival known as the Chorégies. The site was inscribed in 1981.
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