Arles - Saint-Trophime

The facade of Saint-Trophime with it´s portal - in shadow. Here are some of the finest examples of romanesque carvings existing in southern France. I´ll upload details later. The structure of the church behind, seen here like an architectural model, is that of a basilica (a high nave, two low aisles). This church was the center of a diocese upto the french revolution. End of July 1178 Frederick I Barbarossa, was crowned here "King of Burgundy". His wife Beatrix was crowned a month later in the Cathedral St. Maurice - in Vienne.

This was the point, where I started the Via Tolosana.