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.

Palm Sunday

Christ on the "colt, which no one has ever ridden". The left hand holds the reins, the right hand is in a blessing gesture. The two spectators have obviously climbed a small tree to find a better point of view - and to reach more palm leaves. Note the foal to the left.


Mark 11:8-10

"Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,

“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”