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Arles

(ärlz, ärl)

1. A medieval kingdom of eastern and southeast France. It was formed in 933 and gradually split up after 1246.

2. A city of south-central France on the Rhone River delta. A flourishing city in Roman times, it is the site of many ancient remains, including a Roman cemetery and an arena built in the first century ad.

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Arles

(ɑːlz; French arl)

1. (Placename) a city in SE France, on the Rhône: Roman amphitheatre. Pop: 53 058 (2006)

2. (Placename) Kingdom of Arles a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200

3. (Historical Terms) Kingdom of Arles a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200

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Arles

(ɑrl)

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a city in SE France, on the Rhone River. 50,345.

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Born in the neighborhood of Arles, she had shared in the beauty for which its women are proverbial; but that beauty had gradually withered beneath the devastating influence of the slow fever so prevalent among dwellers by the ponds of Aiguemortes and the marshes of Camargue.

He dressed in the picturesque costume worn upon grand occasions by the inhabitants of the south of France, bearing equal resemblance to the style adopted both by the Catalans and Andalusians; while La Carconte displayed the charming fashion prevalent among the women of Arles, a mode of attire borrowed equally from Greece and Arabia.

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Again, in Arles and Nimes, and other towns that I could name, there are the great arches and fortalices still standing which were built of old by giant men who came from the south.

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Summary: The 50th edition of the Rencontres de la photographie, one of the biggest photography festivals on the world calendar, kicks off Monday in Arles, France, with a large Lebanese component.

Lebanese encounters at Arles festival

Alejandro Capunong, Eddie Fortunado and Jessie Daguia were found guilty of murdering Kabankalan City Judge Henry Arles six years ago.

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Three former members of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army were convicted on Friday for the murder of Regional Trial Court Judge Henry Arles of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, six years ago and sentenced to each suffer reclusion perpetua without parole.

3 ex-Reds convicted for murder of Negros Occidental judge

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Arles be there Arles, an impressive UNESCO World Heritage Site on the banks of the Grand Rhone River in pretty Provence, was once known as the 'Little Rome of the Gaul'.

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Siga Arles, 65, Indian missiologist and founder of the Centre for Contemporary Christianity, June 5, 2015, in Bangalore, India, of a heart attack.

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In a repeat of last year's decider a similar outcome was never really in doubt, even though Arles started well.

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The LUMA Foundation, set up by Maja Hoffmann in 2004, has embarked on a series of cultural projects in Arles. The first museum dedicated to Van Gogh opened in the town last month, and an ambitious development is now underway to regenerate a nearby industrial site, centred around a new building designed by Frank Gehry