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Banasterie street 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 narrow Banasterie street weave behind the Rocher des Doms and the high Pope's palace walls. It is yet edge by some splendid façades of the 17th and 18th century mansions.

he buildings are nowadays patinized by the passing of time, the descendant of the then rich inhabitants moved for more modern area.

hey let behind a picturesque street which from attentive passer-by will catch all the nostalgic charm.

he Madon de Chateaublanc mansion is the most beautiful exemplary of the street, it was built by the archictect Pierre II Mignard who designed also the Vervins mansion.

he name "Banasterie" comes from provençal language "banaste" meaning "willow basket". Baskat makers settled there at the street extremity near the Rhône river.

t this place, under the walls of the disused prison, stands now the Chapel of the Black Penitents and Mercy, with a magnificent Baroque façade.

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