Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
In the 14th century, this city in the South of France was the seat of the papacy. The Palais des Papes, an austere-looking fortress lavishly decorated by Simone Martini and Matteo Giovanetti, dominates the city, the surrounding ramparts and the remains of a 12th-century bridge over the Rhone. Beneath this outstanding example of Gothic architecture, the Petit Palais and the Romanesque Cathedral of Notre-Dame-des-Doms complete an exceptional group of monuments that testify to the leading role played by Avignon in 14th-century Christian Europe.
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The Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge comprises a group of late medieval buildings linked to the Papacy. Here the popes and antipopes lived from 1309-1432 during the Catholic schism.
The WHS designated historic centre of Avignon lies in the north of the walled city. It includes the following monuments:
- Place du Palais
- Palais des Papes (on the postcard)
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame des Doms
- the Petit Palais
- the Tour des Chiens
- the Ramparts
- Saint-Benezet Bridge
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