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Key facts
- Location
- Avignon , France
- Architectural style
- Gothic
- Official name
- Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- i, ii, iv
- Designated
- 1995 (19th session )
- Unesco region
- Europe and North America
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Official website
Palais des Papes - Avignon Tourisme
Résidence des souverains pontifes du XIVe siècle, classé au Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, le Palais des Papes d'Avignon constitue le plus important palais gothique du monde avec ses 15 000 m2 de plancher, soit en volume l'équivalent de 4 cathédrales gothiques.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Avignon
- Official website
- www.palais-des-papes.com
- Image
- 00 0711 Avignon (Frankreich) - Kathetrale und Papstpalast.jpg
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- Commons Institution page
- Palace of Popes, Avignon
- Commons category
- Palais des Papes d'Avignon
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- Commons gallery
- Palais des Papes
- street address
- Plaça dau Palais, 84000 Avinhon
- visitors per year
- 774325
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Encyclopedic overview
The Palais des Papes (English: Palace of the Popes; lo Palais dei Papas in Occitan) 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. Six papal conclaves were held in the Palais, leading to the elections of Benedict XII in 1334, Clement VI in 1342, Innocent VI in 1352, Urban V in 1362, Gregory XI in 1370 and Benedict XIII in 1394. In 1995, the Palais des Papes was classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its outstanding architecture and historical importance for the papacy.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “porco dio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.