Theme Week Provence – Carpentras
Wednesday, 25 March 2015 - 10:20 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , French Riviera
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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.
Carpentras was a commercial site used by Greek merchants in ancient times, and known to Romans at first as Carpentoracte Meminorum , mentioned by Pliny , then renamed Forum Neronis (“Forum of Nero”); the city retains an impressive Roman triumphal arch, that has been enclosed by the bishops’ palace, rebuilt in 1640, now a law court, and a machicolated city gate, the Porte d’Orange .
Château de la Roseraie © Véronique PAGNIER/cc-by-sa-3.0
Joseph-Dominique d’Inguimbert, Bishop of Carpentras from 1735 to 1754, established a great scholarly library which Jean-François Delmas, the current chief librarian, has called “the oldest of our municipal libraries”; known as the
Bibliothèque Inguimbertine and now holding around 140,000 books, it is known to bibliophiles all over France and is scheduled to move into roomier quarters in the former
Hôtel-Dieu in 2013.
Carpentras is famous for the
Black Truffle market that takes place every Friday morning during the winter months. Its traditional confectionery is the
berlingot , a small hard candy with thin white stripes, originally made from the syrup left over from conservation of fruits.
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