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Saint Didier church in Avignon

Pope Palace square - Pope Palace - Petit palais - the Mint - Horloge square - the City Hall - the theatre - the rocher des Doms - Saint Bénézet bridge - the city walls - the Ceccano palace - Saint Didier church - the roi René street - the teinturiers street - Saint Pierre church - Notre Dame des doms cathedral - l'hôtel de Vervins - Banasterie street - Barthelasse island - Windows opened on Avignon Festival - Avignon's Green Wall

he Saint Didier church is a beautiful architectural example of the meridional gothic style valued during the Pope's time. The church was edified between 1356 and 1359. The massive church tower with six cants, harmoniously proportionned, caracterize the Avignon gothic style. It overhangs the Saint Didier square. Inside the church, the architecture is sober, inspired by the Cistercian art then influential in the pontifical court.

he Saint Didier church holds some treasures : the relics of Saint Bénézet, the Avignon medieval bridge builder, the relics of Saint Pierre de Luxembourg, and a magnificent retable made in 1476 by Francesco Laurana for the king René de Provence.

Eglise Saint Didier en Avignon - Retable © VF

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