My wife and I were invited to dinner with good friends. A nice couple from Nîmes. We arrived early and they showed us around their marvelous old town. Operative word 'old'. According to Wikipedia Nîmes had a presence of semi-nomadic cultivators in the period 4000 to 3500 BC. Somewhere around 28 BC Rome realized the semi-nomadic cultivators were not keeping up the place and they were always late with the rent so they were ousted. Rome took over and built some Roman bling. Those Romans , their bling is all over this country.
This is the Nîmes Amphitheatre. Very impressive. Like the
Colosseo In Rome.
This is the the Maison Carrée
This is the The
Jardins de la Fontaine
This the center of town - notice the palm tree, stay with me on this.
This crocodile (it's made of bronze,very life like) is by the Palm tree. . . .
And this is the town
coat of arms.
and, as all towns in the South of France there is always great things happening.
This is the Nîmes Amphitheatre. Very impressive. Like the Colosseo In Rome.
This is the the Maison Carrée
This is the The Jardins de la Fontaine
This the center of town - notice the palm tree, stay with me on this.
This crocodile (it's made of bronze,very life like) is by the Palm tree. . . .
And this is the town coat of arms.
and, as all towns in the South of France there is always great things happening. 
