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LAPIDARY MUSEUM

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Chapelle du Collège des Jésuites, 27, rue de la République, 84000Avignon, France Show on map
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Found in the Jesuit chapel, the Lapidaire Museum has some collections of Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Gallo-Roman and Egyptian arts from the Calvet museum. It has recently been refurbished to permit the public to see some articles that have been preserved for more than fifty years, while waiting for the creation of a room dedicated to Antiquity. You can discover several chapels dedicated to the Greek collections, including monumental vases and an exceptional collection of funerary steles and votive reliefs, from the excavations undertaken by the Fondation Calvet in Vaison-la-Romaine 1838-1852. The baroque chapel and its stone decor are also worth a visit. A Greek chapel was opened in 2013 with the presentation of Corinthian and Attic vases, classic and Hellenistic terra-cottas from Asia Minor, Egypt, Greece and Magna Graecia. Among the latter, figures a beautiful male head that was part of a statue that dates from the first half of the third century BC.

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Visited in february 2025
Quelques étrangetés, un lieu à découvrir tranquillement, et c'est gratuit en plus. Permet de s'instruire un peu. À voir.
Visited in february 2025
Ce petit musée gratuit expose différentes pièces antiques, en particulier liées au champ funéraire grec et égyptien. Nous avons eu la chance de trouver des feuilles d'explication très complètes (n'hésitez pas à les demander aux vigiles qui sont aidants). On peut y passer une demi-heure comme plusieurs heures.

Attention cependant à la sensibilité des plus jeunes car une momie d'enfant y est exposée, on peut la voir de loin mais les détails de près sont impressionnants.
Visited in january 2025
Incroyable. Quelle chance d'avoir un tel musée avec de telles pièces historiques.
Et gratuit en plus!
Visited in november 2024
What a gem this turned out to be! Housed in an old medieval church, and very well-curated, not to mention FREE, this place is definitely worth a stop! And, be kind and leave a donation......!
Visited in november 2024
Superbe musée, qui plus est gratuit. La personne a l'accueil était très aimable. La collection est impressionante et permet d'en apprendre un peu plus sur le passé de la région. Ne pas hésiter à y entrer, d'autant plus que la visite peut se faire assez rapidement.

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