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the Petit Palais en Avignon |
t the extremity of the perspective of the Pope's Palace square, the
harmonious shape af the Petit Palais makes an elegant counterpoint
with its impressive neighbour. |
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Petit Palais is also called the "Archbishops palace". It
was originaly built in the early 14th century by the cardinal Bérenger
Fredol, extended by the cardinal Arnaud de Via, pope John 22's
nephew. In 1335, when the pope Benedict XII decides to build
the Pope's Palace , he buy the palace and transfers there the Avignon
bishop's house. |
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the Great Western Schism troubles (1378-1414), the Petit Palais was
fortified, bombarded and besieged. The bishop Alain de Coëtivy
repared it and a few years later its external shape changed : its
Middle-Ages shape turned into a Renaissance palace, according to a
new era. |
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Renaissance façade was built in the late 15th century by the
Avignon archbishop Julien de la Rovère, futur pope Julius II,
one of the greatest of the Renaissance time, a warrior and Arts patron.
The palace was nationalized and sold during the french Revolution.
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Petit Palais houses since 1976 a museum dedicated to painting and
scuptures of the late Middle-Ages and early Renaissance. |
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italian primitive paintings collection is one of the greatest in the
world and deserves absolutly a visit. You can see the report on the
Petit
Palais Museum. |
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