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The Nîmes Amphitheater is a good example

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of the ultimate degree of perfection of amphitheaters.

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As from the period it was built, and as the heir of the Roman Coliseum,

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it's the most beautiful formula we can obtain.

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That is of a monument with a so called "hollow structure," made of radiating walls

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and vaults under which there are ingeniously built corridors and staircases

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allowing for the beautiful distribution of the public.

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All of that is inherited from the monuments that preceded it.

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Underground rooms would be built subsequently.

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It features all of the technological perfections created in other experiences.

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It inherited all of that, and nothing better can be done.

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And when you are there at the degree of perfection of this edifice,

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you are at the maximum point of

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technological and esthetic progress for this kind of monument.

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Nothing better would be built subsequently.