Avignon, discovery guide

a tour in Avignon

Notre Dame des Doms cathedral

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 Avignon's cathedral "Notre Dame des Doms" was built in 1150, one and a half century before the Pope's settlement in the city. This is the oldest monument standing on the Popes palace square.

he architectural style is basically provençal Romanesque but lost a bit the purety of its design design lost a bit of its purity with later renovations. An impressive Virgin statue stands on the church tower, it was erected in 1859, it is made up of gilded led and weight 4,5 tons.

he porch of the cathedral recalls the roman architecture, from which the Romanesque was directly inspired. Inside, the cathedral holds many pieces of Art and furnitures. The apse was rebuilt in baroque style in 1672.

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