Trinitarian Church (Arles)
The Trinitarian Church ( French Église des Trinitaires ) is a secularized former monastery church of the Trinitarian order in Arles in the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône. The church was classified as a monument historique in 1958 and is now used for exhibitions.
history
The Trinitarian order was founded in 1198 by Johannes von Matha and Felix von Valois . Already in 1199 Matha was able to win over four clergymen in Arles, who founded the religious establishment there. The foundation was recognized in 1203. Immediately afterwards, the construction of the church and cloister began . A cemetery also belonged to the monastery grounds. The convent had to accept reductions in its property when the city fortifications were expanded in 1253 and the Saint-Esprit Hospital was built in 1573. In 1630, the monastery buildings were largely replaced by new buildings and the redesigned monastery church was consecrated not only to the Holy Trinity but also to Saint Roch . During the French Revolution, the monastery was closed and sold. In 1884 the classical facade of the former monastery church was designed.
The monastery church, which has a single nave, is essentially late Gothic and has cross ribbed vaults , whose choir does not follow the traditional orientation to the east, but rather was oriented to the south due to the local circumstances during construction. In the west of the church, a wing of the Gothic cloister and the former cloister courtyard have been preserved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église des Trinitaires in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Arles patrimoine. Accessed May 24, 2020 (French).
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Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′ 35.2 " N , 4 ° 37 ′ 33.1" E