Visits and museums

Provence Occitane has a very active cultural life and several fine museums.  In Bagnols-sur-Cèze you can see the masterpieces of artists who have lived or stayed here.  While wandering the alleyways of Pont-Saint-Esprit, make a stop at the Maison des Chevaliers, a worthy showcase for a collection of sacred art from all over the world.

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Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Discover humanity's first great masterpieces, dated 36,000 years ago. In a 29-hectare wooded park, the Chauvet cave, 'grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche', is...
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Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
Tour Ribas Tower is entirely Romanesque.
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Saint-Remèze
New and unusual, get on the little lavender train for a wonderful trip full of colours and scents! Witness the distillation of essential oil and ...
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Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres stands out for the presence of an admirable and unusual fortified church.
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Vagnas
Inaugurated in February 2020, the medieval museum "Le temps de Vagnas" presents the collection of exceptional medieval liturgical furniture from ...
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Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The 100-roomed Bishops Palace opens its doors to reveal the amazing gigantic fireplaces in its medieval kitchens, its unique painted ceilings, ...
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Pont-Saint-Esprit
The Museum takes an audacious and original cultural approach to sacred art. The Maison des Chevaliers, or House of Knights, is a magnificent setting ...
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Villeneuve-lez-Avignon
The museum is housed in a beautiful 17th-century city mansion, once the palace of Cardinal Ceccano.
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Saint-Montan
This exceptional fortress and village has been restored and rebuilt stone by stone using traditional materials and building techniques thanks to ...
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Grignan
Reconstitution of a 19th-century village. The miniature provençal village is laid out in a 400 sq mtrs building occupied by 1000 santon figures, ...
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Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
The Jacques Deuze Tower is the centerpiece of this fortified complex.
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Mornas
Come and push open the door of the Mornas fortress. A host of ladies and lords will tell you all about the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages ...
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Orgnac-l'Aven
Aven d'Orgnac is a French "Grand Site" whose natural wonder is breath-taking! Join us for the Prehistory City, and the gigantic cave itself. Lots of ...
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Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Discover an exceptional collection of Post-Impressionist and contemporary figurative paintings with several masterpieces by the great modern painters:...