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Palais des Papes

Avignon, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur, France
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About Palais des Papes

The Palais des Papes is a chronicled royal residence situated in Avignon, southern France. It is one of the biggest and most critical medieval Gothic structures in Europe. Once a post and royal residence, the ecclesiastical home was the seat of Western Christianity amid the fourteenth century. The Palais is really two joined structures: the old palais of Benedict XII, which sits on the invulnerable shake of Doms, and the new palais of Clement VI, the most unrestrained of the Avignon popes. Together they shape the biggest Gothic working of the Middle Ages, it is additionally extraordinary compared to other cases of the International Gothic compositional style.
The development configuration was crafted by two of France's best planners, Pierre Peysson and Jean du Louvers and the luxurious ornamentation was crafted by two of the best understudies of the School of Siena, Simone Martini and Matteo Giovanetti. The Palais des Papes consistently has workmanship presentations. The convention started in 1947, when the workmanship faultfinder Christian Zervos and the artist Rene Char sorted out a presentation of any semblance of Matisse, Picasso, Braque and Mondrian. The displays appeared from that point forward incorporate two shows of Picasso, the far reaching 2000 presentation "La beaute in fabula"and, all the more as of late, the display "Les Papesses" and single presentations of Miquel Barcelo and Stefan Szczesny.
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