Monuments d'Arles

Arles offers an interesting example of the adaptation of an ancient city to the civilisation of medieval Europe. It keeps impressive Roman monuments, the oldest of which — arena, ancient theatre, cryptoporticus — go back to the first century BC. It knew in the fourth century a second golden age attested by the Baths of Constantine and the Alyscamps necropolis. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries Arles again became one of the most beautiful cities of the Mediterranean world. Inside the walls, Saint-Trophime with its cloister is one of the major monuments of Provençal Romanesque art.

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