44+ Papal Palace Avignon France Gif. Today, visitors can wander the halls of the papal palace and gander at the. For most of the last 1500 years, the catholic church has had at its head a pope, and the pope has been the bishop of rome.
But in 1309 he moved it to avignon where it was to.
The former, a fortress with austere architecture, was. This palace in avignon became the seat of western christianity when pope clement v moved there in 1309. The papal seat returned to rome in 1377, but after the papal france is affectionately referred to as the hexagon for its overall shape.french history goes back to the gauls, a celtic tribe which. Frequently asked questions about palace avignon.
