The Vatican Archives’ account registers make it possible to trace who was paid and for what at the medieval papal court in Avignon, where the papacy was based for most of the 14th century. Amid the ...

The palace has 25 rooms open to the public, including the Pope's chamber and private apartments where the nine popes who ruled from Avignon once resided. The gardens provide a lovely reprieve ...

While the main attraction of Avignon is the papal palace towering over the town, there is plenty of history, art, and theater to appreciate in this prosperous city. Its famed indoor market is open ...

The papal palace in Avignon, where the pope's court was based for much of the 14th century. Jean-Marc Rosier from http://www.rosier.pro/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA ...

The Avignon popes locked them up in a special convent, the Repenties, set up far from the center of town. Eventually, the establishment became a form of prison for “unruly” women – those who ...