Church of St. Trophime among other ancient buildings of Arles is on the list of World Heritage Sites. This cathedral is known that there were crowned rulers lies monarchic marriages. In the XII and XIV centuries in the Church of St. Trophime were crowned on the throne of Burgundy Frederick Barbarossa (in 1178) and Charles IV (in 1365). In 1400 there was crowned Duke of Anjou and titular King of Naples, Louis II and King's daughter Yolanda of Aragon.

The building, which sees modern travelers, was built in the XII century on the site of an early Christian church built in the V century and dedicated to St. Stephen. The new cathedral was consecrated in the name of Trofim Arles - the first bishop of Arles, canonized after his death. In the XII-XIV centuries the cathedral was a monastery, from which to this day preserved only courtyard and some other 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 dedicated to the new cult, led by revolutionaries saw the Supreme Being. Later the church was returned to the Catholic Church, and his furniture, lost during the Revolution, was restored with the help of ecclesiastical objects, furniture and works of art, previously seized by revolutionaries in other churches and cathedrals. In particular, the temple can be seen from Aubusson tapestries with images of the Virgin Mary, painting Flemish painter Louis Fensona (XVII century) with biblical scenes, are also stored period of the early Christian sarcophagi and other works of sacred art.

Among the ornaments of the temple is worth noting sculpture scenes of the Last Judgment on the portal of the main entrance. It elaborated the figure of Jesus Christ and the apostles, saints and sinners bound for heaven and hell, and saints, including Trofim and Stefan.