Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Palais des Papes
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Preferred Title:
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Palais des Papes
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Alternate Title:
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Palace of the Popes
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Image View:
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Benedict XII's Cloister, view looking up
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Creator:
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Jean de Loubières (French master mason, died ca. 1357); Pierre Poisson of Mirepoix (French master mason, died 1338)
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Location:
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site: Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Location Note:
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Rue Notre Dame; Place du Palais
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GPS:
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+43.950814+4.807458
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Date:
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ca. 1335-1352 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Gothic (Medieval)
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Work Type 1:
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palace
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Work Type 2:
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fortification
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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11,000 m2 (area, total complex)
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Subjects:
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architecture; rulers and leaders; Popes; Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417
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Description:
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The massive Palais des Papes, the powerful walls and eight high towers of which still dominate the city, is both an outstanding achievement of Late Gothic architecture and a highly visible emblem of the most glorious period of Avignon?s history. Its sprawling and dissonant appearance expresses the turbulent period in which it was erected and the diverse characters of the men responsible for its construction. It is, in fact, two distinct palaces: the Palais Vieux built by Benedict XII and the Palais Neuf undertaken by Clement VI. Both palaces were renovated by later popes and by the papal legates who continued to use the building after the Papacy?s return to Rome in 1378. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Five
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Identifier:
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1A2-F-AV-PP-D2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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