Villeneuve lès Avignon
Medieval Villeneuve-lès-Avignon lies on the Rhône river beneath the imposing hilltop Fort St.-André, with its well-preserved 14th-century battlements. The Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon convent has peaceful cloisters and an arts center, and Musée Pierre-de-Luxembourg shows religious art. Saturday market Marché et Brocante sells antiques and food, while delis and al fresco Provençal bistros dot cobbled streets.
Villeneuve lez Avignon - Cité médiévale
MONUMENTS & MUSEE VILLENEUVOIS
Le fort Saint-André
La Chartreuse-Centre national des écritures du spectacle
La tour Philippe-le-Bel
Le musée Pierre-de-Luxembourg
Les jardins de l'abbaye
La Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon - Gard -France)
(F) En 1353, le pape Innocent VI fait venir des religieux de la Grande Chartreuse pour étudier un projet d'édification d'une Chartreuse à Villeneuve-lès-Avignon sur le site de sa livrée personnelle. Le 2 juin 1356, une bulle papale porte fondation d'une chartreuse contre les murs de son palais à Villeneuve-lès-Avignon avec l'installation d'une communauté religieuse d'une quarantaine de personnes. Débute la construction de l'église Sainte-Marie, du grand cloître et du petit cloître. Le 19 août 1358, messe de dédicace de l'église Sainte-Marie de la Chartreuse par le cardinal Guy de Boulogne. Ayant échappé à la peste qui frappa la ville d'Avignon en 1361, le pape Innocent VI, par une bulle du mois d'août 1362, décide de nommer la chartreuse, Notre-Dame-du-Val-de-Bénédiction. Il meurt le mois suivant. Le 22 novembre 1362, le roi de France, Jean II le Bon, assiste à l'inhumation du pape Innocent VI, dans la chapelle de la Trinité de la Chartreuse. L'année suivante seront édifiées deux autres chapelles, celles de Saint-Bruno et Saint-Michel. La même année, un incendie ravage en partie le palais d'Innocent VI. Sur les ruines de ce bâtiment, le petit-neveu d'Innocent VI, Étienne Aubert, fait construire le cloître Saint-Jean.
En 1453, la chartreuse commande le tableau «Couronnement de la Vierge» au peintre Enguerrand Quarton (exposé au musée Pierre de Luxembourg à Villeneuve-lès-Avignon).
En 1649, un projet de portail monumental envisagé quatre ans plus tôt pour la Chartreuse, est finalement réalisé, par l'architecte François de Royers de la Valfenière. En 1660, Louis XIV, le franchira en grand cérémonial lorsqu'il viendra en visite à la Chartreuse accompagné d'une nombreuse suite dont le cardinal Mazarin. Le 3 novembre 1691 les chartreux commandent au menuisier-sculpteur avignonnais Charles Boisselin 38 stalles pour le chœur de leur église.
Au XVIIIesiècle, l'architecte Jean-Baptiste Franque rénove, restaure et aménage les bâtiments de la chartreuse.
Lors de la Révolution française, les ordres religieux sont supprimés. Un inventaire des biens de la chartreuse est effectué. En 1792, les religieux quittent la chartreuse.
En 1834, Prosper Mérimée découvre la chartreuse et le tombeau d'Innocent VI dans un triste état. Il fait déplacer le tombeau d'Innocent VI dans la chapelle de l'Hospice.
En 1909, L'État entreprend la réhabilitation de la Chartreuse. L'architecte Jules Formigé, débute les premiers travaux de restauration.
En 1959, le tombeau d'Innocent VI est remis à sa place initiale dans la chapelle de la Trinité.
En 1973, la chartreuse devient un centre culturel.
En 1991, s'installe dans ses murs le Centre National des Écritures du Spectacle.
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Villeneuve-les-Avignon, Avignon France
Villeneuve-les-Avignon is located on the Rhone River only 3km from Avignon. There are a number of beautiful buildings in the village including Val-de-Bénédiction Charterhouse, Fort St-André and Musee Pierre-de-Luxembourg. Markets are held on Thursday and Saturday mornings. In Albany New York by the 126ers.
Pauline Bazignan réveille la mémoire du Fort Saint-André - Vidéo exposition YouTube
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Quand une artiste inspirée par les traces invisibles du passé installe ses oeuvres dans un fort médiéval à la charge historique passionnante, cela donne une exposition hors du temps. Pauline Bazignan nous invite à revisiter cette cité royale sous un jour nouveau.
Fort Saint-André, Villeneuve-les-Avignon
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00:03:14 1 History
00:03:23 1.1 11th–20th centuries
00:03:33 1.1.1 Medieval, Renaissance, and Bourbon palace
00:07:58 1.1.2 French Revolution
00:08:52 1.1.2.1 Opening
00:10:30 1.1.3 Napoleon
00:15:30 1.1.4 Restoration and Second Empire
00:17:05 1.1.5 Damage during the 1871 Paris Commune
00:17:54 1.1.6 Third Republic and World Wars
00:20:10 1.1.7 Grand Louvre Pyramids
00:21:31 1.2 21st century
00:27:12 1.2.1 Satellite museums
00:27:21 1.2.1.1 Lens
00:28:23 1.2.1.2 Abu Dhabi
00:29:52 1.2.1.3 Iran
00:30:53 1.2.2 Conservation
00:32:10 1.3 Controversial acquisitions
00:37:11 2 Collections
00:37:32 2.1 Egyptian antiquities
00:39:50 2.2 Near Eastern antiquities
00:41:49 2.3 Greek, Etruscan, and Roman
00:43:52 2.4 Islamic art
00:45:19 2.5 Sculpture
00:47:46 2.6 Decorative arts
00:50:03 2.7 Painting
00:53:51 2.8 Prints and drawings
00:55:00 3 Location, access, and facilities
00:57:21 4 Gallery
00:57:30 5 Exhibitions
00:57:50 6 See also
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The Louvre (English: LOOV(-rə)), or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] (listen)), is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 72,735 square metres (782,910 square feet). In 2018, the Louvre was the world's most visited art museum, receiving 10.2 million visitors.The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to urban expansion, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function, and in 1546 Francis I converted it into the main residence of the French Kings. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed Musée Napoléon, but after Napoleon's abdication many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and bequests since the Third Republic. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
Timeline of the French Revolution | Wikipedia audio article
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Timeline of the French Revolution
00:00:05 1 1788 – The royal treasury is empty; Prelude to the Revolution
00:01:29 2 1789 – The Revolution Begins; the Estates-General and the Constituent Assembly
00:06:29 2.1 July 14 – The Siege and Surrender of the Bastille
00:09:47 2.2 August 27 – Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
00:11:27 2.3 October 6 – Women's March on Versailles
00:13:50 3 1790 – the Rise of the Political Clubs
00:16:59 3.1 July 14 – iFête de la Fédération/i
00:20:10 4 1791 – The unsuccessful flight of the Royal Family from Paris
00:22:29 4.1 June 20–21 – The Royal Family flees Paris
00:27:23 5 1792 – War and the overthrow of the monarchy
00:32:40 5.1 August 10 – Storming of the Tuileries; Downfall of the King
00:34:52 5.2 September 2–7 – Massacres in Paris prisons
00:35:42 5.3 September 20 – French victory at Valmy; Debut of the Convention
00:38:03 6 December 10, 1792-January 21, 1793 – Trial and Execution of Louis XVI
00:39:37 7 1793 – France at war against Europe; The Jacobins seize power; The Terror begins
00:40:27 7.1 Uprising in the Vendée
00:42:14 7.2 April 6 – Committee on Public Safety takes control of government
00:44:06 7.3 May 31-June 2 – The Jacobin Coup d'État
00:46:04 7.4 July 13 – Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday
00:47:57 7.5 September 17 – The Reign of Terror begins
00:49:47 7.6 October 16 – The execution of Marie-Antoinette
00:52:34 8 1794 – The fury of the Terror, the Cult of the Supreme Being, and the Downfall of Robespierre
00:55:14 8.1 March 30 – The arrest and trial of Danton and Desmoulins
00:58:23 8.2 June 8 – Festival of the Supreme Being; Acceleration of the Terror
01:00:34 8.3 July 26–28 – Arrest and execution of Robespierre; End of the Terror
01:04:46 9 1795 – The Directory Replaces the Convention
01:08:21 9.1 May 20–24 – Last Paris uprising by the Jacobins and isans-culottes/i
01:10:00 9.2 June 25-July 27 – Renewed uprisings in the Vendée and a royalist invasion of Brittany
01:11:44 9.3 August 22-September 23 – The new Constitution is approved: the Directory takes power
01:12:28 9.4 October 5 – A whiff of grapeshot: General Bonaparte suppresses a royalist rebellion in Paris
01:14:13 10 1796 – Napoleon's campaign in Italy; Defeat of the royalists in the Vendée; a failed uprising in Paris
01:20:00 11 1797 – Bonaparte chases the Austrians from Italy; a republican coup d'état against the royalists in Paris
01:25:06 11.1 September 4 – A republican coup d'état against the royalists
01:26:43 12 1798 – New republics in Switzerland and Italy; an election annulled; Bonaparte invades Egypt
01:32:41 13 1799 – France at War in Italy and Germany; Bonaparte returns from Egypt; the Consulate seizes power; End of the Revolution
01:36:40 13.1 Conflicts between the Directory and the Legislature (June 1799)
01:41:16 13.2 Bonaparte returns to France (October 9, 1799)
01:43:02 13.3 The Coup d'État of November 9–10
01:46:02 14 See also
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Louvre | Wikipedia audio article
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Louvre
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- Socrates
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The Louvre (US: ), or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] (listen)), is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 72,735 square metres (782,910 square feet). In 2017, the Louvre was the world's most visited art museum, receiving 8.1 million visitors.The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to the urban expansion of the city, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function and, in 1546, was converted by Francis I into the main residence of the French Kings. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed Musée Napoléon, but after Napoleon's abdication many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and bequests since the Third Republic. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.