Palais des Papes
The Palais des Papes in Avignon is a major Gothic palace and former papal residence. It was the seat of Western Christianity and hosted six conclaves, while its architecture combines a fortress and a more sumptuous papal palace.
Public Art in Avignon
Saint-Véran Cemetery
Saint-Véran Cemetery in Avignon was opened in 1820 at the beginning of the French Restoration. Registered in the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, it covers 14 hectares and contains funerary works by several sculptors, as well as military memorials and an arboretum of Mediterranean species.
Notre-Dame-des-Doms
Notre-Dame-des-Doms is a Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Avignon, France. Built in Provençal Romanesque style, it stands on the Rocher des Doms near the Palais des papes and has long shaped the city’s skyline.
Calvet Museum
Calvet Museum in Avignon is an art museum whose collections include archaeology, fine arts, decorative arts, goldsmithing, tapestry, porcelain, and ethnology.
Collection Lambert
Collection Lambert is a contemporary art collection assembled by Parisian gallery owner Yvon Lambert since the 1960s. It is installed in Avignon at the Hôtel de Caumont, a museum open to the public since 2000.
Opéra d'Avignon
L’Opéra d’Avignon, also known as Opéra Grand Avignon, is a historic opera house in Avignon. Its building was rebuilt in 1846–1847 after a fire and later renovated in 1978 and from 2018 to 2021.
La Cour d'Honneur
The Cour d'Honneur, located in the Palais des Papes in Avignon, is known as the first, most prestigious, and most emblematic venue of the Festival d'Avignon. It is a central courtyard in the papal palace.
Musée du Petit Palais
Musée du Petit Palais is an art museum in the Petit Palais in Avignon, France. It is dedicated to medieval and early Renaissance painting and sculpture, with collections centred on works before the second half of the 15th century.
Saint Martial's Chapel
Saint Martial's Chapel is a chapel in the Palace of Popes in Avignon, located on the second floor of the Saint-Jean tower. Its paintings retrace key events in the life of Saint Martial.
Palais du Roure
The Palais du Roure in Avignon is a museum and historical monument. Its collections focus on regional history and sociology, and they are open to the public. The building has a long history linked to the Baroncelli family and later cultural activity.
Musée Angladon
Musée Angladon is an art museum in Avignon’s Old Town, housed in the historic Hôtel de Massilian. It displays major 19th- and 20th-century paintings in several ground-floor gallery rooms.
Jardin des Doms
Jardin des Doms is a public garden set on a rocky spur on the left bank of the Rhône in Avignon. Rising more than 30 meters above the river and its valley, it forms part of the city’s urban landscape and history.
Abbaye de Saint-Ruf
Abbaye de Saint-Ruf d'Avignon was a house of canons regular in Avignon from the 11th to the 18th century. It served as the mother house and original headquarters of the Order of Saint-Ruf and was reduced to a priory after 1158.
Church of the Célestins of Avignon
The Church of the Célestins of Avignon is a convent church on Place des Corps-Saints. Built from 1389 near Pierre de Luxembourg’s tomb, it belongs to the former Célestins complex, which also included a cloister and other monastic buildings.
Musée lapidaire d'Avignon
Musée lapidaire d'Avignon is an archaeological museum in Avignon, France, housed since 1933 in the former chapel of the Jesuit College. It preserves Fondation Calvet’s archaeological collection, formed from Esprit Calvet’s original holdings and later additions.
Église Saint Pierre
Église Saint Pierre is a Gothic Roman Catholic church in Avignon, southern France. Formerly a collegiate church of the Archdiocese of Avignon, it is a protected monument and holds the title of Basilica minor.