Langue
Devise
Horaires d’ouverture, prix et billets pour des lieux qui valent le détour.
The Palais des Papes was the residence of the popes in Avignon during the 14th century, built mainly between 1335 and 1352 under Benedict XII and Clement VI. The fortified Gothic palace joins the Old and the New Palace, and the visit leads through great halls, chapels and papal apartments, some painted with frescoes by Matteo Giovannetti. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Rocher des Doms is a rocky outcrop above the Rhône beside the Palais des Papes, settled since the Neolithic. Its summit holds a 19th-century English-style garden of about 3 hectares with a pond, statues of local figures and a terrace 30 m above the river looking over the Pont Saint-Bénézet and the Rhône valley.
The Pont Saint-Bénézet, the Pont d'Avignon of the children's song, was a stone bridge across the Rhône, rebuilt from 1234 with 22 arches over about 900 metres. Floods brought arches down and it was abandoned in the 17th century; four arches survive, carrying the Chapel of Saint Nicholas on the second pier, and visitors can walk out along them.
Vizgu utilise des technologies nécessaires au fonctionnement du site. Avec votre accord, nous utilisons aussi des technologies facultatives pour mémoriser certaines fonctions et mesurer les renvois vers nos vendeurs de billets partenaires. Nous n’utilisons actuellement aucun outil d’analyse général ni traceur publicitaire. Vous pouvez accepter, refuser ou choisir des catégories, et modifier votre choix à tout moment via Préférences cookies en bas de page.