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A little history of Monnaies townhouse in Avignon

The façade | CTHOE / CC-BY-SA
Town house Monnaies townhouse in Avignon

Raised in 1619 by Jean-François de Bagni, pope Paul V’s legate, the house was transformed into barracks, then into city hall. But, unfortunately the house was sold in 2009 and converted into a luxurious hotel...

Meanwhile, let’s have a look on the façade! Look at this: we see Bagni family’s coat of arms, eagles and dragons.

A marble plaque says: PAULUS V PONT(IFEX) OPT(IMUS) MAX(IMUS) HAS AEDES AURO ARGENTO AERE FLANDO FERIUNDO AD URBIS DECOREM EREXIT ORNAVITQUE CURANTE IO(HANNES) FRANC(ISCUS) A BALNEO ARCH. PATRAC(ENSIS) VICELEG(ATUS) AVEN ANNO MDCXIX.

Which means "Pope Paul V raised this building to mint coins and to decorate the city. Jean-François de Bagni, archbishop of Patras and legate of the city, 1616."

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