Theme Week Provence – Carpentras

25 March 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera Reading Time:  6 minutes

Musée Duplessis © Soldanella84/cc-by-sa-3.0

Musée Duplessis © Soldanella84/cc-by-sa-3.0

Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France. It stands on the banks of the Auzon. As capital of the Comtat Venaissin, it was frequently the residence of the Avignon popes; the Papal States retained possession of the Venaissin until the French Revolution. Nowadays, Carpentras is a commercial center for Comtat Venaissin.   read more…

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