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The Medieval Palace of the Commune in Avignon: a forgotten building

01/2024 | 1450 | 166

Pages: 30–37

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Author:

Balossino, Simone (Balossino, Simone)

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Palace of the Commune, Avignon, France

places:

Avignon

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French architecture / Urban history / Buildings / Palaces / Medieval architecture / Prisons

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1. Map of Avignon. (From Atlas van Loon, Amsterdam 1663, X).

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10. Entrance porch of the cathedral of Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon. (Photograph the author).

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2. Roman ruins underneath the former consuls’ palace, Avignon. (Photograph the author).

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3. Plan of consular palace and surrounding structures. (Based on archaeological survey undertaken by C. Markiéwicz, J.-M. Mignon and O. Keiser).

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4. Façade of the annex building, Avignon. (Photograph the author).

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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the consular palace and surrounding structures.

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6. Detail of De la ville d’Avignon et par dela: Veüe de la Ville d’Avignon et des environs, by Étienne Martellange. 1608. Pen and brown ink with an India ink wash. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).

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7. Tympanum of the entrance portal of the communal tower, Avignon. Late 12th–early 13th century. Marble. (Musée du Petit Palais; Archivah and Alamy Stock Photo).

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8. Drawings of consular bullae. (From L. Blanchard: Iconographie des sceaux et des bulles des archives des bouches du Rhône, Paris 1860, pp.78–79).

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9. Tympanum of the entrance portal of S. Zeno Maggiore, Verona. c.12th century. (Photograph Frank Buffetrille; Bridgeman Images).

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