Arles Forum

The Forum, the market and meeting-place of the Roman town, was situated on the south side of the present-day Place du Forum. The best-preserved part is known as the "Cryptoporticus" (crypto doorway ca. 40 B.C.), a horseshoe-shaped loggia 89m/97yd by 59m/65yd in extent, built probably to compensate for the slope of the site. Entrance is from the Musée d'Art Chrétien.