Tag: Arles

Since the French Revolution, Saint Trophime Cathedral has been a parish church. It’s adjacent to the Town Hall, which I passed on the way to the Cloister of Saint Trophime. As it happens, I went to the cloister first and had a chat with the ticket person. After talking about her knitting, we decided that … Continue reading / view photos Vincent Van Gogh in Arles

LUMA Arles, the city’s cultural hub, is another example of old buildings being repurposed or giving way to new buildings as times change. Factories, legacies from the industrial 19th century, once stood where the LUMA Arles campus now stands. At the heart of LUMA Arles is the Frank Gehry Tower. It’s a spectacular building, with … Continue reading / view photos LUMA Arles

Apart from having many attractions itself, Marseille is a short distance from several attractive smaller towns in Provence. One of them is Arles. It’s about an hour by train from Marseille and is one of France’s oldest cities. After breakfast, where I was joined by the hotel cat, I walked to Marseille’s main train station, … Continue reading / view photos Roman Arles