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different routes, including the
Quartier des Teinturiers
, the former dyers' district, where
four waterwheels still turn.
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Musée Calvet
( 04 90 86 33 84; 65 rue Joseph Vernet; adult/child €6/3; 10am-1pm & 2-6pm Wed-
Mon)
The elegant Hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan (built 1741-54) provides a fitting back-
drop for Avignon's fine-arts museum, which has 16th- to 20th-century oil paintings, com-
pelling prehistoric pieces, 15th-century wrought-iron, and the elongated landscapes of
Avignonnais artist Joseph Vernet.
Musée du Petit Palais
(
www.petit-palais.org
; place du Palais; adult/child €6/free; 10am-1pm & 2-6pm Wed-
Mon)
The bishops' palace during the 14th and 15th centuries houses outstanding collec-
tions of primitive, pre-Rennaissance, 13th- to 16th-century Italian religious paintings by
artists including Botticelli, Carpaccio and Giovanni di Paolo - the most famous is Botti-
celli's
La Vierge et l'Enfant
(1470).
ART MUSEUM
Musée Angladon
(
www.angladon.com
; 5 rue Laboureur; adult/child €6/4; 1-6pm Tue-Sun Apr-Nov,
1-6pm Wed-Sun Jan-Mar)
Tiny Musée Angladon harbours impressionist treasures includ-
ing Van Gogh's
Railway Wagons -
look closely and notice that the 'earth' isn't paint but
bare canvas. Also displayed are a handful of early Picasso sketches and artworks by Céz-
anne, Sisley, Manet and Degas; upstairs are antiques and 17th-century paintings.
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Collection Lambert
(
www.collectionlambert.com
;
5 rue Violette; adult/student/child €7/5.50/2; 11am-9pm
daily Jul & Aug, 11am-6pm Tue-Sun Sep-Jun)
Avignon's contemporary-arts museum
showcases works from the 1960s to present - from minimalist and conceptual, to video
and photography - in stark contrast to the classic 18th-century mansion housing them.
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