Mirabilis Exhibition at the Popes’ Palace, Avignon Staged in a grand hall in the Popes’ Palace in 2018 was an exhibition which highlighted the treasures found across Avignon’s five main museums and galleries: the Petit Palais, Calvet, Requien, Roure and Lapidaire. What made it rather special was the fact that it was curated by Christian Lacroix. Despite the fact that…
Petit Palais Museum, Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France A stone’s throw away from the Palace of the Popes is an impressive 14th century building which is home to an impressive collection of medieval statutes and paintings. Like the other museums of Avignon, it had been raided by Christian Lacroix for his exhibition across the square, but nonetheless it was…
Calvet Museum, Musée Calvet, Avignon, France Like other museums in Avignon in 2018, the Calvet had their collection raided for an exhibition at the Pope’s Palace by Christian Lacroix. I had thought that this sounded like the most interesting museum in the city, but I think maybe Mr Lacroix’s excellent selection of goodies somewhat depleted the Calvet… The building itself…
Palace of the Popes, Palais des Papes, Avignon, France The vast complex that is the Popes’ Palace in Avignon is widely regarded as being one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Europe and has, since 1995, been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tourists make a bee-line for the palace, and I was one of the eager…
St Benezet Bridge, Pont Saint-Bénézet (Pont d’Avignon), Avignon, France Sometimes I’m a little baffled by life. When I suggested to Mama-Chickpea that we go to Avignon in the summer, she randomly started singing at me. Apparently, this song was “Sur le pont d’Avignon“, a tuneless ditty she’s been forced to learn some fifty years ago at school, and had inexplicably refused…