... As in Arles, where Ron poured,
as in the field, where Karnaro abounding
They of Italy closes the gates,
tombs isholmlen long barren, -
So here they are everywhere rose,
But the bitterness of these locations was dissimilar ...
(Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto IX. Translated by Lozinski)
Arles, June 7, 2010 Alikamp and the Church of St. Onorato.
Alikamp, Champs Elysees - this is Elysium, that is the valley where the souls of the dead is acquired. Champs Elysees Arles - one of the largest cemeteries in the world. Here, arranged burial Phoenicians, Greeks, Gauls, Romans. Then he took the baton to the Christians. Especially popular was the necropolis for burial here of the remains of Saint Genet (Saint Genest) - Roman mime era of Diocletian, according to legend, converted to Christianity on the stage during a performance. It is believed that St. Eugene was beheaded on August 26 286 was then buried here as the first bishop of Arles. Holy place has gained immense popularity in the Middle Ages, the dead were brought to Ron on ships. Baptized the remains were podhoranivat in pagan sarcophagi.
During the Renaissance, many notable persons who have been in Arles, not time taken away from this gift - Graveyard marble with ancient carvings. In the XVIII century. was organized by the museum, although the cemetery continued to take their dead until the French Revolution. Later Champs-Elysees became a favorite walking place of locals and plein-air painters of the kind (of course, Van Gogh, 1888 - see, for example, reproduction in the tape). Now from Alikampa there was only one, albeit big mall - the rest of the territory occupied by their own needs state railway company.
Ancient Alikampe church was dedicated in 1040 in St. Onorato, one of the first archbishop of Arles (426-429, following a Patroclus, the following was also Hilary) - the time of the fight against Manichaeism and Arianism. In the XII century. church rebuilt in Romanesque style and topped with an octagonal tower to the top of the world.
Alikamp was an important place for pilgrims going to Santiago de Compostela in Spain (in the tape there is a church alcove with a sink Saint-Jacques). He is mentioned in Dante (see above), and in medieval poetry Charlemagne was considered a place of battle with the Saracens (hence, of course, explains the abundance of graves).
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