This is the view one has from our flat. A Roman theatre lies at the foot of Pipet Hill which faces the Rhône River. A Jazz festival takes place here every year.

Vienne shot from the top of Pipet Hill. Our flat occupies the first floor of the house which faces the very entrance of the Roman theatre. It's the house with orange shutters.

Still from the top of Pipet Hill. On a clear day, the Côte-Rôtie vinyard is visible in the distance.

The Roman theatre.

A romantic touch.

The door leads to a secret fantasy world.

Cathedral Saint-Maurice. 12th century.

The same cathedral from behind.

Saint-Maurice. Façade.

Saint-Maurice. Interior.

Saint-Maurice. Detail. I like the "broken" colonnettes.

Saint-Maurice. This statue of a saint, like many others, was beheaded during the French Revolution.

Saint-Maurice. Basement. The white stones came from earlier Roman buildings

Saint-Maurice. Basement.

Saint-Maurice. Basement. A reused stone bearing Latin inscriptions.

An old church which, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, was rearranged and divided into lodgings. As you can see, many of its stones were taken from Roman monuments. It is now closed and subject to archeological diggings.

Roman bas-relief set in a façade

The remains of a Roman arch as part of a much later building.

Reused stones. The capital of a Roman column and a block apparently coming from a frieze.

A medieval Gothic door.

A sixteenth or seventeenth century door.

The restaurant Le Cloître by the Cathedral. Fine food, but far from cheap.

Cloître Saint-André-le-Bas with its Romanesque campanile

Rue des Clercs, leading from the Cloître Saint-André-le-Bas to the Roman temple of Augustus and Livia.

Back to the Roman forum. An arch which was later part of the medieval wall.

And back to the temple of Augustus and Livia. Side shot.

The medieval Château de la Bâtie overhangs the town. Sadly, it belongs to private proprietors who let it croll down.