Arles - St Trophime's Doorway

The recently restored facade of St Trophime in Arles facing the square has a magnificent doorway with some most impressive figures - a masterpiece of Provençal sculpture. It was placed in front of the existing Carolingian building in the 12th century and shows a certain similarity to the doorway of the Church of St-Gilles. On the pillars are figures of saints and Apostle: on the extreme inside of the front on the left is St Trophime being crowned with a mitre by two angels and on the right the Stoning of St Stephen. Above the door in the tympanum can be seen the Last Judgment with glory, surrounded by the symbols of the Evangelists and with the Twelve Apostles at his feet. This frieze is continued on the left and the right in the