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Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge

France
Date of Inscription: 1995
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)
Property : 8.1800 ha
Department of Vacluse, Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur
N43 57 10 E4 48 22
Ref: 228rev

Brief Description

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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