Palais des Papes

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Gothic architecture UNESCO World Heritage Site historical building palace tourist attraction

The Palais des Papes is a vast 14th-century Gothic palace in Avignon that served as the residence of the popes during the Avignon Papacy and is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Palais des Papes canonical 10
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge 3
Palace of the Popes, Avignon 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic architecture ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historical building ⓘ
palace ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Jean de Louvres ⓘ
Pierre Poisson ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
builtFor Pope Benedict XII ⓘ
Pope Clement VI ⓘ
papacy ⓘ
builtInCentury 14th century ⓘ
cityCenterRelation dominates the historic center of Avignon ⓘ
constructionEnd 1352 ⓘ
constructionStart 1335 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
floorArea approximately 15,000 square meters ⓘ
functionDuringAvignonPapacy residence of the popes ⓘ
seat of the papal court ⓘ
hasPart Consistory Hall ⓘ
Grand Tinel ⓘ
Great Chapel ⓘ
New Palace ⓘ
Old Palace ⓘ
Saint John Chapel ⓘ
Saint Martial Chapel ⓘ
cour d’honneur ⓘ
fortified towers ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Avignon Papacy ⓘ
locatedIn Avignon ⓘ
France ⓘ
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
Vaucluse ⓘ
mainBuilder Pope Benedict XII ⓘ
Pope Clement VI ⓘ
materialUsed local limestone ⓘ
nearby Avignon Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Pont Saint-Bénézet
numberOfPopesResiding 7 ⓘ
partOf Avignon ⓘ
surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon
significance one of the largest medieval Gothic buildings in Europe ⓘ
symbol of the power of the papacy in the 14th century ⓘ
status open to the public ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1995 ⓘ
usedAs administrative center ⓘ
cultural venue ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
museum ⓘ
papal residence ⓘ
usedFor Festival d’Avignon ⓘ
surface form: Avignon Festival events

Referenced by (20)

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Avignon → knownFor → Palais des Papes ⓘ
Avignon → UNESCOListingIncludes → Palais des Papes ⓘ
Avignon → hasLandmark → Palais des Papes ⓘ
Paul Signac → notableWork → Palais des Papes ⓘ
this entity surface form: “The Papal Palace, Avignon”
pontificate of Clement VI → papalResidence → Palais des Papes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of the Popes in Avignon
pontificate of Innocent VI → hasMainSeat → Palais des Papes ⓘ
subject surface form: Pontificate of Innocent VI
this entity surface form: Palace of the Popes, Avignon
Festival d’Avignon → mainVenue → Palais des Papes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cour d’honneur du Palais des Papes
Festival d’Avignon → usesVenue → Palais des Papes ⓘ
Ramparts of Avignon → partOf → Palais des Papes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
Ramparts of Avignon → nearby → Palais des Papes ⓘ
Avignon TGV station → nearbyTouristDestination → Palais des Papes ⓘ
Avignon Bridge → locatedNear → Palais des Papes ⓘ
Avignon Cathedral → locatedNextTo → Palais des Papes ⓘ
Avignon Cathedral → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf → Palais des Papes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
“The Green Sail, Venice” → relatedWorkByArtist → Palais des Papes ⓘ
subject surface form: The Green Sail, Venice
this entity surface form: The Papal Palace, Avignon
Provence → hasLandmark → Palais des Papes ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → Palais des Papes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
Pope Benedict XII → residence → Palais des Papes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of the Popes, Avignon
Papal election of 1352 → location → Palais des Papes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of the Popes, Avignon
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon → near → Palais des Papes ⓘ