A guided tour specially adapted for a family audience, full of anecdotes about daily life in this grandiose castle in the time of the Popes, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A discovery of the Palais des Papes for the whole family. The Palace of the Popes is a dream…
Unusual visit to discover rooms of the monument usually closed to the public, A rare privilege! The opportunity to learn stories and anecdotes about the private life of the pope and his court in the 14th century but also about the presence of the military throughout the 19th century...
March 9, 1309: Pope Clement V stops in Avignon, it is the beginning of a period of great prosperity for the city. But what was this small Provençal city like at the dawn of the XNUMXth century? Who populated it? How did people live there? What did people do there?…
A guided tour specially adapted for a family audience, full of anecdotes about daily life in this grandiose castle in the time of the Popes, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A discovery of the Palais des Papes for the whole family. The Palace of the Popes is a dream…
In gardens, plants and minerals have always interacted. Stone is present in the soil, in decorative or landscaping elements, and in the buildings to which gardens are attached. But plants also know how to adapt: plants and flowers growing in the gaps between walls, or even our garrigue, which grows and blooms on the limestone soil of Provence. Whether it blooms in a thousand flowers or is forever engraved in stone, the garden is omnipresent.
The gardens of the Palais des Papes invite you to celebrate spring with your family! For a whole day, rediscover the magnificent papal gardens and enjoy their abundant vegetation in a festive and sensory atmosphere.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its designation as European Capital of Culture and the 30th anniversary of its inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the city of Avignon has entrusted an enchanting artist with the task of investing its emblematic sites and museums, in order to reveal their richness and uniqueness.
Would you like to sip a drink on a beautiful summer evening in a musical atmosphere? So do it in the magnificent gardens of the majestic Palais des Papes.
As part of the 30th anniversary of the inscription of the historic centre of Avignon on the UNESCO World Heritage List and the year Avignon, Land of Culture, this symposium explores the links between gardens, landscapes and territories in the face of climate challenges.
As part of the work to upgrade the exterior lighting of the Palais des Papes, visitors will enter via the wooden staircase located to the right of the monument. from March 2nd to 18th inclusive.
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