This region is also known for its bullfights and cow games. Clowns have fun with these magnificent beasts and for the bravest, competitions with prizes are organised. Why brave? Because you have to descend into the arena and face these beasts excited by the crowd.

The essential points to visit: Nîmes and its arenas, Aigues-Mortes (Towers and Ramparts), Grau-du-Roi, Uzès, and of course the Pont du Gard.

It takes its name from the river Gard, locally called the Gardon, which crosses it. The department was created during the French Revolution, in March 1790, from part of the former province of Languedoc.
This country was, it is said, originally occupied by the Iberians. These were driven out by the Celtic people of the Volques. In 720, the Saracens, under the Emir Zama, spread as far as the Rhône. They are defeated two years later by Eudes. Iousouf took the same path in 737, Charles Martel defeated him in turn.
In the 16th century and in the 17th century, the dioceses of Nîmes, Alais and Uzès were agitated by religious wars.
The capital of the department, a manufacturing city dedicated to textiles and an important commercial place, also became an essential railway hub during the establishment of the railway network in the years 1830-1840, the longest in France at the time. Now superb mansions are appearing in towns and villages, now an urban revival is taking shape (notably the monumental station district). In Nîmes, by chance, during the Age of Enlightenment, we rediscovered the Roman sanctuary of La Source.