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Avenches Amphitheatre (No. 1)

The Avenches Amphitheatre was built in the Roman town of Aventicum in Germania Superior (now Avenches in Switzerland).

It was erected around the year 130 but was enlarged and remodelled about 30 years later to bring its appearance closer to that of the great monumental amphitheatres of the Roman Empire. Partially dismantled in the 1990th century to extract lime from its limestone, its structure was used in the Middle Ages to support buildings. It was restored and rehabilitated in the 1990s, and is used as a setting for cultural events.

Source: Wikipedia

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Miedzygorze, Poland (by Tadeus Baran)

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I sketched human Salvatore this morning while having my coffee. I really love the ability to add fill color and shading. It’s nearly therapeutic for me hehe

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Hamnøy , Norway | Jack Harding

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Avenches Amphitheatre (No. 8)

In the arena, animal or gladiator fights take place, reconstructed hunts, under the gaze of the entire people, distributed on the stands according to the social hierarchy. The games are offered by notables, most often “for the salvation of the emperor”. The city authorities parade with effigies of the gods and the fighters during an inaugural procession which opens these festivities, which are at once religious, political and popular.

The amphitheater was probably erected at the beginning of the 2nd century , the earthworks clearing the arena and shaping the embankment which receives the stands, perhaps partly made of wood; only the stairs, the walls of the arena and the coronation, as well as the axial entrances, are made of masonry. In the last third of the same century, the building was enlarged, equipped with stone tiers, a perimeter facade with niches and a monumental portal in large blocks to the east.

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Avenches, Switzerland (No. 5)

Avenches is situated on a secluded hill on the south side of the Broye plain, 17 km north-west of Fribourg.

The territory of the commune includes part of the intensively cultivated plain of the Broye, as well as some hills bordering the plain to the south. The territory of the commune reaches the bank of the Broye to the north-west and is also crossed by the Arbogne. To the north, Avenches has a 1.5 km shoreline on Lake Murten, up to Le Chandon, which borders the commune to the east. To the south, the commune stretches over hills to the village of Donatyre.

The neighbouring communes of Avenches are Faoug (north-east), Vully-les-Lacs (north) as well as Belmont-Broye (west), Misery-Courtion (south-east), Saint-Aubin (north-west) and Courtepin (east) in the canton of Fribourg.

In 1997, the territory consisted of 14 per cent built-up areas, 16 per cent forested areas, 69 per cent agricultural areas, and just under 1 per cent unproductive land.

The inhabitants of the commune are called Avenchois (or Aventicians, from Aventicum).

They are nicknamed the Cacas-Carrés, for their reputation for "doing nothing like the others", and the Pique-Soleil, for spending their time sunbathing in the street and at the foot of the church6.

Source: Wikipedia

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