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Arles
[ ahrlz; French arl ]
noun
- a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
Arles
/ arl; ɑːlz /
noun
- a city in SE France, on the Rhône: Roman amphitheatre. Pop: 50 513 (1999)
- Kingdom of Arlesa kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
Example Sentences
“The Great Yes,” which had its premiere last summer in Arles, France, was commissioned by the Luma Foundation, the exhibition center designed by Frank Gehry.
The Times called it a "once-in-a-century" show, while the Guardian said it was a "riveting rollercoaster ride from Arles to the stars".
Painted in Arles in the south of France in August 1888, van Gogh's painting shows 15 sunflowers standing in a yellow pot against a yellow background.
The Times called it a "once-in-a-century" show, while The Guardian said it was a "riveting rollercoaster ride from Arles to the stars".
The artwork belongs to series of four extraordinary sunflower still lifes that Van Gogh created in less than a week during the summer of 1888 in Arles in the south of France, when a cold northerly wind prevented him from working outdoors.
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