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The Palais des Papes (English: Palace of the Popes; lo Palais dei Papas in Occitan) is a historical palace located in Avignon, Southern France. It is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. Once a fortress and palace, the papal residence was a seat of Western Christianity during the 14th century.
Make a donation. Residence of the 15th century sovereign pontiffs, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Palais des Papes in Avignon is the largest Gothic palace in the world with its 000 m2 of floor space, the equivalent in volume of 4 Gothic cathedrals .
Résidence des souverains pontifes du XIVe siècle, classé au Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, le Palais des Papes d'Avignon constitue le plus important palais gothique du monde avec ses 15 000 m2 de plancher, soit en volume l'équivalent de 4 cathédrales gothiques.
The Palais des Papes is open every day, all year round. To take full advantage of the visit, the last entries are made 1 hour before closing. Online booking is recommended.
Avignon with 1000 faces. Avignon, city of the popes. The Palais des Papes, an atypical building. The monumental residence of the pontiffs, a symbol of the Church’s influence in the Christian West in the 14th century, is the largest Gothic palace in the world!
Le Palais des papes est classé monument historique sur la première liste des Monuments historique en 1840 7 et depuis 1995, il fut également classé avec le centre historique d'Avignon, sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l' Unesco, avec les critères culturels i, ii et iv 8 .
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.
