Vence - Cathédrale de la Nativité-de-Marie

Standing on the place, that was the cemetery upto 1780, seeing the cathedral of Vence from the east. Now, the romanesque structure of the cathedral is obvious. The tower was, when it was constructed 12th/13th century not connected to the church structure. The "Tour de Lambert" to the west of the cathedral looked probably very similar, before it underwent a couple of "renovations".
There is a grey basalt column in the center of the square, that is even older than the cathedral. It is one of two columns, given to the Mars-temple in Vintium (Vence) by people from Massalia (Marseille) in 230 aC. The second column exists as well - on another square in Vence.

Here is the nothern side of the square:
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