To date, the Roman Forum in Arles little preserved .  Today, in its place is spread over an area of ​​the Forum, also known by its cafes, which portrayed Vincent van Gogh in 1888 in the film "Street cafe in Arles" .  The area is the heart of Arles, so it is always crowded .  It roughly follows the outline of the ancient Forum .  From now on the old square pylons were Roman buildings, which are now part of the building house of Nor-Pina .  We know now that the construction was started in 46 BC and completed after a couple of decades, .  The forum was the first and most major construction projects, which the Romans began to build in his new colony .  During the period of the Roman Empire played the role of the forum's main square and the center of the social life of citizens and was located at the intersection of two main streets of the city - it is noteworthy that in the planning of urban space Romans were guided by the same principles as for the organization of a military camp .  Area Forum in Arles was nearly 11 thousand square meters .  m, one of its sides as it was raised to kriptoportikah to equalize it with the opposite side, located on the hillside .  It is known that near the forum, is also a number of public buildings, and in the square itself, deals and negotiation .  One of the more recent attractions of the area of ​​the Forum is monument to the poet Frederic Mistral - winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1904 .  He was known as a poet, writing in the Provençal dialect and popularized it .  His award Frederic Mistral spent on the development of the museum he created Arlate, dedicated to the preservation of traditional culture of Provence .   I can complement the description