Palais des Papes Directory References Images Discover 7 Animals That Turn White in Winter Causes of the Great Depression 7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants Why Is It Called Black Friday? 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” 5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections CC, The First Cloned Cat Contents Palais des Papes building, Avignon, France Also known as: Papal Palace Learn about this topic in these articles:significance in Avignon In Avignon…and the interior of the Palais des Papes (Popes’ Palace) was wrecked. The palace, a formidable eight-towered fortress on a rock 190 feet (58 metres) above Avignon, was used as a barracks from 1822 to 1906.Read More