Arles, France

One of the excursions on the Amawaterways River Cruise on the Rhone River was to Arles, the place where Van Gogh painted about 300 paintings.

I found Arles particularly interesting, perhaps because I had seen the Van Gogh in America exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts just before leaving for France, and Arles was an important place for Van Gogh.

The building where Van Gogh lived in Arles (known as the Yellow House).

Rendering of the Yellow House where Van Gogh lived, with the front addition which is no longer there.

Doorway to the hospital where Van Gogh was taken after cutting off his ear.

The courtyard inside the Hospital

Homes near the amphitheater

Roman column inside the wall

Roman amphitheater in Arles

I love the little niches with statues of saints

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