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Among its noteworthy attractions are a Roman arena (2d cent. AD), seating 26,000 and now used for bullfights; a Roman theater (1st or 2d cent. AD); the Aliscamps [i.e., Elysian Fields], remains of a Roman cemetery; the Church of St. Trophime (11th-15th cent.; formerly a cathedral); the town hall (17th cent.); and the Museon Arlaten, a museum of Provençal culture and folklore, installed in a 16th-century mansion by Frédéric Mistral, who was born near Arles.

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