Avignon - River Rhone - Metropolitan Basilica, Notre-Dame des Doms, Cathedral of Avignon and Papal Palace
Before we went into Avignon, we stopped off at this view point for a photo stop.
For the Papal Palace, the Basilica / Cathedral and the Pont d'Avignon.
I also got the modern road bridge (to the right) and a big cruise ship.
View of the Papal Palace.
The old Palace was begun under Pope Benoit XII. The new Palace under Pope Clement VI.
Dates from the 14th century.
On the left is the Metropolitan Basilica, Notre-Dame des Doms, Cathedral of Avignon.
It got its Metropolitan title more than five centuries ago, when Avignon was raised to the rank of archbishopric by Pope Sixte IV.
The present building dates back to the second half of the 12th century, and was transformed during the 15th and 17th centuries.
During the Revolution the Basilica was damaged. It was handed back in 1822. The imposing gilded cast-iron statue of the Blessed Virgin was installed on the belfy in 1859.
Avignon - River Rhone - Metropolitan Basilica, Notre-Dame des Doms, Cathedral of Avignon and Papal Palace
Before we went into Avignon, we stopped off at this view point for a photo stop.
For the Papal Palace, the Basilica / Cathedral and the Pont d'Avignon.
I also got the modern road bridge (to the right) and a big cruise ship.
View of the Papal Palace.
The old Palace was begun under Pope Benoit XII. The new Palace under Pope Clement VI.
Dates from the 14th century.
On the left is the Metropolitan Basilica, Notre-Dame des Doms, Cathedral of Avignon.
It got its Metropolitan title more than five centuries ago, when Avignon was raised to the rank of archbishopric by Pope Sixte IV.
The present building dates back to the second half of the 12th century, and was transformed during the 15th and 17th centuries.
During the Revolution the Basilica was damaged. It was handed back in 1822. The imposing gilded cast-iron statue of the Blessed Virgin was installed on the belfy in 1859.