The Pope's Palace

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Jess and I started the day with seeing the sights of Avignon. We bought tickets to see Le Papais des Papes- The Pope's Palace. Its quite an impressive sight from the bridge we walked over from our hostel on the other side of the river.

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Photos

01 Palace and Bridge
The Pope's Palace and St Benezet Bridge as seen from the bridge we walked across from our hostel.

02 St Benezet Bridge
The bridge which has a small chapel on it, doesn't actually lead to the other side of the river.

03 Palace
The Pope's Palace as we saw it walking along the bridge.

04 Wall
Part of the old city wall.

05 Other side
The other side of the old city wall.

06 Palace
Part of the front of the palace.

07 Building
A building opposite the Pope's Palace.

08 Secret Hideaway
A secret passage.

09 Ceiling
The paintings on the ceiling of the St Martial Chapel.

10 Tower
One of the towers.

11 Courtyard
The courtyard of Honour.

12 Chimney
The long chimney in the kitchen.

13 Painting
An old painting of men fishing.

14 View
A view of Avignon from the palace.

15 Previous Popes
A painting of previous pope's with the palace in the background.

16 Entrance
A grand entrance to part of the palace.

17 Animal
Some animal carving at the top of the tower.

18 To the Top
Walking along the top of the palace to the tower.

19 Square
The square in front of the Pope's Palace.

20 Rooftops
Some of Avignon's rooftops.

21 Windy
It was very windy today, as you can tell from Jess' hair.