Monuments to visit Carpentras

It 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.

The Hotel Dieu de Carpentras, built in the middle of the XVIIIᵉ century, was one of the hospitals of the capital of the Comtat Venaissin, with its 10,000^{m2 of} surface area, it was the most imposing. It was commissioned by Joseph-Dominique d'Inguimbert, known as Dom Malachie, bishop of Carpentras. Its construction began in 1750, and it was served, according to the will of the bishop, by hospitable nuns from 1764. Beautifully renovated, the building houses since 2017 the Library-Museum L'Inguimbertine. Guided tours are proposed by the O.T. Registration is compulsory.