Tuesday 14 October 2008

228 FR - Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (1995)

Brief Description

"In the 14th century, this city in the South of France was the seat of the papacy. The Palais des Papes, an austere-looking fortress lavishly decorated by Simone Martini and Matteo Giovanetti, dominates the city, the surrounding ramparts and the remains of a 12th-century bridge over the Rhone. Beneath this outstanding example of Gothic architecture, the Petit Palais and the Romanesque Cathedral of Notre-Dame-des-Doms complete an exceptional group of monuments that testify to the leading role played by Avignon in 14th-century Christian Europe."

阿维尼翁历史中心:教皇宫、主教圣堂和阿维尼翁桥
"这座位于法国南部的城市 是14世纪罗马教皇的居所。教皇宫其实就是一个装饰豪华却外表朴素的城堡,由西蒙·马蒂尼和马泰奥·焦瓦内蒂(Simone Martini and Matteo Giovanetti)装修而成,占据了这座城市绝大部分面积,周围是坚固的城墙和12世纪隆河桥的遗址。在卓越的哥特式建筑之下,小宫殿和圣母院的罗马 式主教堂古迹实属罕见,证明了阿维尼翁在14世纪基督化欧洲所发挥的领导作用。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/228

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