. Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers. ?«£ Wagner tDebes Xeipcig- Palace of the Popes. AVIGNON. V. Route 65. 431 In 1326 Francesco Petrarca (1304-74) visited Avignon and in a nunnery-church beheld Laura de Moves (p. 436), then in her 18th year, whose praiseshe has celebrated in so many songs and sonnets. In the 16-18th cent. Avignon was an artistic centre of some import-ance, especially for religious works; and its churches and chapels stillcontain many noticeable paintings by Simon de Ch&lons, Nicolas Mignard(known as Mignard dAvignon), Pierre Mignard, Pierre, Joseph,
. Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers. ?«£ Wagner tDebes Xeipcig- Palace of the Popes. AVIGNON. V. Route 65. 431 In 1326 Francesco Petrarca (1304-74) visited Avignon and in a nunnery-church beheld Laura de Moves (p. 436), then in her 18th year, whose praiseshe has celebrated in so many songs and sonnets. In the 16-18th cent. Avignon was an artistic centre of some import-ance, especially for religious works; and its churches and chapels stillcontain many noticeable paintings by Simon de Ch&lons, Nicolas Mignard(known as Mignard dAvignon), Pierre Mignard, Pierre, Joseph, and CharlesParrocel, Reinaud Levieux, and Philippe Sauvan. In our own days thetown has become one of the chief headquarters of the Ffjlibrige, orculture of Provencal poetry. The *City Walls, skirting the railway, to the S. of the town,were built by the popes in 1349-68. They are very well preserved,particularly at the Boul. St. Michel (to the right as we come fromthe station), and present an interesting example of the fortificationsof that period. The
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