Couvent des Franciscains d’Avignon

Couvent des Franciscains d’Avignon is a building in Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur which is located on Rue de la Porte Évêque. Couvent des Franciscains d’Avignon is situated nearby to the church Chapelle des franciscains d’Avignon, as well as near the public building Département de Vaucluse site archevêché.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle des franciscains d’Avignon and Calvet Museum.

Chapelle des franciscains d’Avignon

Church

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Chapelle des franciscains d’Avignon is a church.

Calvet Museum

Museum

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The Calvet Museum is the main museum in Avignon. Since the 1980s the collection has been split between two buildings, with the fine arts housed in an 18th-century hôtel particulier and a separate Lapidary Museum in the former chapel of the city's Jesuit college on rue de la République. Calvet Museum is situated 130 metres east of Couvent des Franciscains d’Avignon.

Louis Vouland Museum

Museum

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The Louis Vouland Museum is a 17th and 18th century decorative arts museum in Avignon, housed in a hôtel particulier designed by Villeneuve-Esclapon. Its collections include Parisian furniture, faience from Marseille and Moustiers, metalwork, tapestries and paintings. Louis Vouland Museum is situated 110 metres west of Couvent des Franciscains d’Avignon.