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The Pendentif

Address

Place du Pendentif

26000 VALENCE

Contact

Languages spoken

  • French

Description

In 1548, in the Cathedral cloisters was constructed the funerary monument of the Canon (priest) Mistral. Constructed in molasse stone, its triumphal arch shape bears witness to the increased interest in Antiquity by the Renaissance movement.

Sold as national property in 1796, the crypt was used at the end of the 18th century as a cellar and cesspool. Acquired by the City, the Pendentif was one of the first listed monuments in France (1840) barely three years after the creation of the Commission des Monuments Historiques and the passage of Prosper Mérimée in Drôme.

Opening periods

Toute l'année : ouvert tous les jours

Rates

Gratuit

See also

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Saint Apollinaire Cathedral

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The Valence Museum

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Centre historique de Valence

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Valence

Cultural heritage

Valence