Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Avignon, France

The church of Saint-Symphorien-les-Carmes is a church that was successively conventual, then parish, and located in Avignon on the Place des Carmes.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Symphorien-les-Carmes (Avignon) (FR)

The Hotel Gasqui is a building in Avignon, in the Vaucluse department.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Gasqui (FR)

The Théâtre du Chêne Noir is a theatre in Avignon, located in the former chapel of the Abbey of Sainte-Catherine d'Avignon (a historic monument listed since 1974), located on rue Sainte-Catherine, behind the Palais des papes. Gérard Gelas' company moved there in 1971. Together with André Benedetto, he was a pioneer of the Festival Off.

Wikipedia: Théâtre du Chêne noir (FR), Website

The Chapel of the Black Penitents is located in Avignon (Vaucluse) in the rue de la Banasterie. It was home to one of the major brotherhoods of the papal city. The "Grey Penitents" were the first of a long series of Avignon penitents. Then came the "Black Penitents", which were founded in 1488 by a group of Florentine nobles, the "White Penitents", a brotherhood founded in 1527 by thirteen Avignonnais, the "Blue Penitents", formed in 1557 by a dissidence from the other brotherhoods. Then, at the end of the sixteenth century, the "Black Penitents of Mercy" were born. The movement continued with the foundation of the "Purple Penitents" (1622), then the "Red Penitents" (1700). The Revolution put an end to this proliferation and today only the "Grey Penitents" and the "Black Penitents" remain in Avignon.

Wikipedia: Chapelle des Pénitents noirs (Avignon) (FR), Website

Jean-Baptiste Joannis Althen, better simply known as Jean Althen, was an Armenian agronomist from Safavid Iran who developed the cultivation of madder in France.

Wikipedia: Jean Althen (EN)

The Rocher des Doms is a rocky outcrop located on the left bank of the Rhône, in the Avignon Centre district of the city of Avignon.

Wikipedia: Rocher des Doms (FR)

The Capetian Millennium is an event organized in 1987 in France to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the accession of Hugues Capet. It was by decree of the President of the Republic, François Mitterrand, and under his high patronage that the Committee for the Celebration of the Millennium of the Accession of Hugues Capet was set up. It is chaired by the Director General of the Archives of France, Jean Favier.

Wikipedia: Millénaire capétien (FR)

Avignon Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located next to the Palais des Papes in Avignon, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Avignon.

Wikipedia: Avignon Cathedral (EN)

The houses and tower of Mirault, located at 11-13-13bis place du Palais in Avignon, in the Vaucluse department.

Wikipedia: Maisons et tour de Mirault (FR)

The Opéra d'Avignon is an opera house located in Avignon, France, that has been in operation for almost two centuries. The initial opera house was constructed in 1824–1825, and opened with its inaugural performance on 30 October 1825. The original opera house was destroyed in a fire on 26 January 1846. The current opera house was built in 1846–1847 and was designed by architects Léon Feuchère and Théodore Charpentier. In 1988, it was designated as a monument historique.

Wikipedia: Opéra d'Avignon (EN), Website, Url Festival

The Musée du Petit Palais is a museum and art gallery in Avignon, southern France. It opened in 1976 and has an exceptional collection of "primitives" and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, which reunites those of the collection of Giampietro Campana deposed by the Musée du Louvre as well as paintings of the Avignon school deposed by the Musée Calvet. It is housed in a 14th-century building at the north side of the square overlooked by the Palais des Papes. The building, built in the early 14th century as the residence of the bishops of Avignon, was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the historic center of Avignon in 1995.

Wikipedia: Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon (EN), Website

The Saint-Bénézet chapel on the Saint-Bénézet bridge is located in Avignon (Vaucluse), on the third pillar, above the Rhône, under the Saint-Nicolas chapel.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Saint-Bénézet (FR)