The Alyscamps

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The Alyscamps are a necropolis dating back to Roman times in Arles, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in France. Owned by the commune, the aisle of Alyscamps was the subject of a very famous judgment of the Council of State concerning public public affairs.

History: From Roman times to the Middle Ages, the Alyscamps were a pagan then Christian necropolis located at the southeast entrance of the city of Arles on Via Aurelia, that is outside the city like most Roman necropolises. They included many sarcophagus. By the end of the fourth century, the Alyscamps and the Trinquetaille cemetery owe their fame to the martyrdom of Genest, holy Arlesian, beheaded in 303. Over the centuries this place became so famous that many people wanted to be buried there, as did the bishops of Arles. Bodies descended by the Rhone on small boats to be buried there; A sum of money was joined to pay the Arlesians who buried the deceased. In the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, this cemetery, known throughout Christendom, was enriched with many churches. In the XIth a collegiate is established at the Alyscamps...