Arles - Saint-Trophime

The cloister of Saint-Trophime forms a rectangle 28m x 25m. The eastern and northern sides were built in romanesque style 1160 - 1180. Shortly after that all constructions came to halt, due to an economic decline of Arles. New orders like the Trinitarians and the Knights Templar had settled in Arles - and caused competition. It took more than a century to restart the building process, so the southern and western sides were built erected during the 14th and 15th century in gothic style.

Compared to the many mermaids I have seen so far, this person is a merlady. Other than the (probably older) mermaid here (seen on a previous shot), the lady is not damaged, but only a little weathered, as she was carved from sandstone. She has nothing to do with "fish", what we will see on the next photo.