2024
POPE'S PALACE
Palaces to visit
4.4/5
• 91 reviews
Open - Close to 17h00
The Palais des Papes sits at the gateway to Provence, where the Rhône ...Read more
Avignon, 84000
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2024
THE COURTHOUSE
Palaces to visit
4.5/5
• 2 reviews
Read moreIt was housed in the episcopal palace in 1801, and was rebuilt in 1646 in a Roman style: prominent balconies, bossed pilasters, enormous ledges... It contains admirable decors painted by Romanelli in the 17th century. Place du Palais, known as "Sextier", was bordered to the West by the convent of the Ursulines whose prayers were sometimes disturbed by turmoil of the daily life. Mgr Buti wrote a letter to the pope Innocent XII on 23 August 1694, complaining that young people play ball on the place - so that the nuns and the pupils could hear the licentious, obscene and sacrileges words of the players, but also see them playing fully stripped of their clothing. So, the vice-legate prohibited the ball game, on penalty of a fine of 100 crowns.
Carpentras, 84200