Palais des Papes
The Palais des Papes in Avignon, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Convention center
- Description: palace and museum in Avignon, France
- Also known as: “Centre des Congrès du Palais des Papes”, “Palace of Popes”, “Palais des papes”, and “Papal Palace”
- Address: Place du Palais, Avignon, 84000
Photo: Ampon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Avignon Cathedral and Pont Saint-Bénézet.
Avignon Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avignon Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located next to the Palais des Papes in Avignon, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Avignon.
Pont Saint-Bénézet
Photo: Chimigi, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The Pont Saint-Bénézet, also known as the Pont d'Avignon, was a medieval bridge across the Rhône in the town of Avignon, in southern France. Only four arches survive. Pont Saint-Bénézet is situated 360 metres northwest of Palais des Papes.
Cour d’Honneur du Palais des Papes
Theater building
Photo: FramaKa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cour d’Honneur du Palais des Papes is a theater building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ile Piot and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Town
Photo: Luu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It can also be spelled Villeneuve-lez-Avignon.
Le Pontet
Town
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
Le Pontet is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Le Pontet is a suburb of the city of Avignon; it lies adjacent to its northeastern side. Le Pontet is situated 4½ km east of Palais des Papes.
Palais des Papes
- Categories: palace, art museum, tourist attraction, palace of the Popes, and tourism
- Location: Avignon, Arrondissement of Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.95092° or 43° 57′ 3″ northLongitude
4.80728° or 4° 48′ 26″ eastElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
8FM6XR24+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 13311764268OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=conference_centre
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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”
- 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): “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”
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