English: The cloister of St. Trophime is unique in that the northern and eastern sides of its quadrangle follow a Romanesque style of architecture, while the southern and western sides feature a Gothic pattern (both readily visible here). The ground floor of cloister of St. Trophime features a quadrangle court surrounded by arched and sheltered walkways called ambulatories. St. Trophime's cloister follows typical conventions for this type of structure, including an an entrance to the church's sanctuary near the east walk, which also bordered the chapter house community room, the business reception parlor, and the workroom (known as the camera). The walk parallel to the church bordered the calefactory fellowship center, the refectory, the pantries, and the kitchens, while the walkway parallel to this usually held the scriptorium and library. The west walk bordered the cellars located between the kitchens and a churchside porter's lodge, which also served as the principal portal to the cloister. At large monasteries, this plan was flexible as there could be several cloisters with different functions as befit the role of the church and monastery in both local and wider contexts. This basic framework of 'proliferating quadrangles' was drawn from German longhouses of the pagan era that predated Charlemagne's Christianization of most of pagan Europe.