Palais des Papes

The Palais des Papes in , Southern France, is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. Once a fortress and palace, the papal residence was a seat of Western Christianity during the 14th century.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: palace and museum in Avignon, France
  • Also known as: “Musée du Palais des Papes”, “Palace of Popes”, “Palais des papes”, and “Papal Palace”
  • Address: 15 Place du Palais
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Avignon Cathedral and Pont Saint-Bénézet.

Church
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is a Roman Catholic church located next to the Palais des Papes in , . The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Avignon. is situated 120 metres northeast of Palais des Papes.

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The , also known as the Pont d'Avignon, was a medieval bridge across the in the town of , in southern . Only four arches survive. is situated 380 metres northwest of Palais des Papes.

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ile Piot and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.

Locality
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is a locality.

Town
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is a commune in the department in southern . It can also be spelled Villeneuve-lez-Avignon.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Palais des Papes.

Palais des Papes

Latitude
43.95069° or 43° 57′ 3″ north
Longitude
4.80697° or 4° 48′ 25″ east
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
8FM6XR24+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2115650839
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
12032407
Wiki­data ID
Q143463
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Palais des Papes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر البابوات”
  • Armenian: “Պապի պալատ (Ավինյոն)”
  • Armenian: “Պապի պալատ”
  • Basque: “Aita Santuen jauregia”
  • Basque: “Avignongo Aita Santuen jauregia”
  • Belarusian: “Папскі палац”
  • Catalan: “Palau dels Papes d’Avinyó”
  • Catalan: “Palau dels Papes”
  • Chinese: “教宗宫”
  • Chinese: “教宗宮”
  • Chinese: “教皇宫”
  • Chinese: “教皇宮”
  • Croatian: “Avignonska palača”
  • Croatian: “Papinska palača u Avignonu”
  • Croatian: “Stara jezgra Avignona”
  • Czech: “Avignonský papežský palác”
  • Czech: “Papežský palác v Avignonu”
  • Czech: “Papežský palác”
  • Dutch: “Pausenpaleis”
  • Esperanto: “Papa Palaco de Avinjono”
  • Finnish: “Paavien palatsi”
  • Finnish: “Palais des Papes”
  • French: “Le Palais des Papes d’Avignon”
  • French: “palais des papes d’Avignon”
  • French: “Palais des papes d’Avignon”
  • French: “palais des papes”
  • French: “Palais des Papes”
  • Georgian: “პაპის სასახლე”
  • German: “Palais des Papes”
  • German: “Palast der Päpste”
  • German: “Papstpalast”
  • Greek: “Παλάτι των Παπών της Αβινιόν”
  • Greek: “Παλάτι των Παπών”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון האפיפיורים”
  • Hindi: “पाले दे पाप”
  • Hungarian: “avignoni pápai palota”
  • Hungarian: “palais des papes”
  • Hungarian: “pápai palota”
  • Hungarian: “Pápai palota”
  • Hungarian: “Pápák palotája”
  • Indonesian: “Palais des Papes”
  • Italian: “Musée du Petit Palais”
  • Italian: “Museo del Petit Palais”
  • Italian: “Palais des Papes”
  • Italian: “Palazzo dei Papi”
  • Japanese: “アヴィニョン教皇庁”
  • Japanese: “教皇宮殿”
  • Korean: “아비뇽 교황궁”
  • Korean: “아비뇽 교황청”
  • Kurdish: “Qesra Papayan”
  • Kurdish: “Qesra Papeyan”
  • Kurdish: “قەسرا پاپایان”
  • Latin: “Palatium paparum”
  • Lithuanian: “Avinjono Popiežių rūmai”
  • Macedonian: “Папска палата”
  • Macedonian: “Папски дворец”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pavepalasset i Avignon”
  • Norwegian: “Pavepalasset i Avignon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Musèu dau Palais dei Papas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Palais d’Avinhon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Palais dei papas d’Avinhon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Palais dei papas”
  • Persian: “کاخ پاپ‌ها”
  • Persian: “کاخ های پاپ”
  • Persian: “کاخ‌های پاپ”
  • Polish: “Pałac papieski w Avignon”
  • Polish: “Pałac papieski w Awinionie”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio dos Papas de Avignon”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio dos Papas de Avinhão”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Papal de Avinhão”
  • Portuguese: “Palais des Papes”
  • Romanian: “Palatul papilor din Avignon”
  • Russian: “Папский дворец в Авиньоне”
  • Russian: “Папский дворец”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stara jezgra Avignona”
  • Slovak: “Pápežský palác”
  • Slovenian: “Papeška palača, Avignon”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de los Papas de Aviñón”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de los Papas”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Papal de Avinon”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Papal de Avinón”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Papal de Aviñon”
  • Spanish: “Palacio papal de Aviñón”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Papal de Aviñón”
  • Swedish: “Påvepalatset i Avignon”
  • Thai: “Palais des Papes”
  • Thai: “ปาแลเดปัป”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังพระสันตะปาปาแห่งอาวีญง”
  • Turkish: “Palais des Papes”
  • Ukrainian: “Папський палац”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện của Giáo hoàng”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿维尼昂教宫”
  • Yue Chinese: “教皇宮”
  • “Q143463”

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