Cathédral Notre Dame des Doms d’Avignon, Avignon, France

Keeping watch over Avignon

It makes sense that a city that the pope once called home would have a 4.5-ton gilded Virgin Mary looming over it.

View of the cathedral from the adjacent Pope’s Palace

Avignon’s Cathédrale Notre Dame des Doms likely existed as early as the 4th century, but the structure we see today was built in phases from the 12th century.

Details around the octagonal dome

During the French Revolution, the structure was used as a prison.

Interior

A chapel houses the tomb of Pope John XXII, the second Avignon-based pope.

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