Arles

What this place is

• Imperial capital — the seat of the prefecture of the Gauls after it left Trier early in the fifth century, and an imperial residence before that

Who is recorded here

• Constantine II birth · AD 316
• Honoratus death · AD 430
• Hilary of Arles death · AD 449
• Caesarius of Arles death · AD 542
• Paschasius of Arles death · AD 588
• Caesaria of Arles death · AD 600
• Virgilius of Arles death · AD 610
• Hugh of Italy birth · AD 880
• Willa of Tuscany birth · AD 912
• Hugh of Italy death · AD 947
• Gerberga of Burgundy birth · AD 965

What happened here

• Council of Arles AD 314
• Caesarius writes a rule for his sister's house AD 512

In art

• Apparition of Saint Francis in Arles — Fra Angelico (1429)
• File:Jean-Joseph Bonaventure Laurens - Arlésiennes devant l'aqueduc d'Arles.jpg — Bonaventure Laurens (1860)
• Café Terrace at Night — Vincent van Gogh (1888)
• Starry Night Over the Rhone — Vincent van Gogh (1888)
• A Lane near Arles — Vincent van Gogh (1888)

About the place

Arles is a coastal city and commune in southern France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of Provence.

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