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1. Abbaye St-André Gardens
Don't miss the formal Italianate gardens of Fort St-André, littered with remains of the abbey that preceded the fortifications. The gardens are now privately owned.
Rue Montée du Fort, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Occitania, 30400, France04–90–25–55–95Sight Details
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2. Chartreuse du Val-de-Bénédiction
The bounty of the cardinals nourished this abbey, whose name translates, literally, to the Charterhouse of the Valley of Blessings. Inside it are spare cells with panels illuminating monastic life; the vast 14th-century cloître du cimetière (cemetery cloister); a smaller Romanesque cloister; and, within what remains of the abbey church, the Gothic tomb of Pope Innocent VI. Theatrical events are staged here during Avignon's annual theater festival.
58 rue de la République, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Occitania, 30400, France04–90–15–24–24Sight Details
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3. Fort St-André
Military SightAt the top of the village is the Fort St-André, which once ostensibly protected the town of St-André, now absorbed into Villeneuve. The fortress's true importance was as a show of power for the kingdom of France in the face of the all-too-close Avignon popes. You can explore the fortress grounds and the bare ruined walls of inner chambers (there's a good view from the Notre Dame de Belvézet church within the fort walls), and you can also climb into the twin towers for broad views over Avignon, the Luberon, and Mont Ventoux.
Rue Montée du Fort, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Occitania, 30400, France-04–90–25–45–35Sight Details
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4. Fort St-André
At the top of the village is the Fort St-André, which once ostensibly protected the town of St-André, now absorbed into Villeneuve. The fortress's true importance was as a show of power for the kingdom of France in the face of the all-too-close Avignon popes. You can explore the fortress grounds and the ruined walls of inner chambers. There's a good view from the Notre Dame de Belvézet church within the fort, and you can also climb into the twin towers for broad views over Avignon, the Luberon, and Mont Ventoux.
Rue Montée du Fort, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Occitania, 30400, France04–90–25–45–35Sight Details
Rate Includes: Towers €6 -
5. Musée Pierre-de-Luxembourg
Below the abbey, one of the luxurious, 14th-century cardinals' manors today contains a notable collection of art, including the spectacularly colorful and richly detailed Couronnement de la Vierge (Coronation of the Virgin), an altarpiece painted in 1453 by Enguerrand Quarton. One of the greatest paintings of the 15th century, it shows rows and rows of Avignonnais hieratically sitting around the figures of God the Father and God the Son. Depicted by Quarton—the leading painter of the Avignon School—as identical twins, they bless Mary and hover over a surreal landscape that places Montagne St-Victoire in between Heaven and Hell.
2 rue de la République, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Occitania, 304000, France04–90–27–49–66Sight Details
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