The Cathedral of St. trophime, among other ancient buildings of Arles is on the list of world heritage of UNESCO. This Cathedral is known for the fact that it was crowned rulers and was of Royal marriages. In the XII and XIV centuries in the Cathedral of St. trophime were crowned at the Burgundian throne Frederick Barbarossa (1178) and Charles IV (in 1365). In 1400 there were married the Duke of Anjou and titular king of Naples, Louis II and the daughter of the king of Aragon Yolanda.

The building, which is visible to modern travellers, was built in the XII century on the site of an earlier Christian temple built in the V century and dedicated to Saint Stephen. The new Cathedral was consecrated in the name trophime Arles – the first Bishop of Arles, who was canonized after death. In the XII-XIV centuries the Cathedral was a monastery, from which to the present day survived only a patio, and even some buildings. In the XV century the building underwent reconstruction.

During the great French revolution, the temple was not destroyed, like many other religious buildings, and was devoted to the new cult, led by the revolutionaries saw the Supreme being. Later, the Church was returned to the Catholic Church and its decoration that was lost during the revolution, was restored by means of ecclesiastical objects, furniture and works of art, previously seized by the revolutionaries from other churches and cathedrals. In particular, in the temple you can see the tapestries from Aubusson with images of the virgin Mary, paintings of the Flemish painter Louis Fenson (XVII century) with biblical scenes, it also keeps the sarcophagi of the early period of Christianity and other works of sacred art.

Among the decorations of the temple is worth noting sculptural depictions of the last judgment portal of the main entrance. It detailed figures of Jesus Christ and the apostles, saints and sinners, bound for heaven and hell, and the saints, including Trophimus and Stephen.