Avignon, discovery guide

a tour in Avignon

the roi René 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 "rue du roi René" is a narrow and winding street. It shelters yet the façades of three among the most beautiful mansions in Avignon. They were built in the 17th century, when Avignon boasted about the title of "Altera Roma". The style is italian, copied on what was done then in Roma.

ou must lift one's head to admire the façade of the mansion "hôtel Berton de Crillon" (1649), listed as historical monument in 1915. The mansion "hôtel Fortia de Montreal" dates from 1637, and the mansion "hôtel d'Honoratti de Jonquerettes" was built in the 18th century.

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