We took an afternoon trip from Arles to Avignon, where we visited two of the main museums: the Calvet Museum of Avignon, and the Palace of the Popes of Avignon.
The Calvet Museum is the main general art museum of Avignon. It has a broad and interesting collection of European (mainly French and Italian) paintings and sculpture. I was pleased to be able to capture this panoramic view of one of the modern galleries, with the guard engrossed in her phone.
The Palace of the Popes of Avignon is a major historical monument: the largest Gothic construction of the Middle Ages, according to Wikipedia, and the place (rather than Rome) where six popes ruled Christendom from 1335 to 1394. It's rather empty now, but modern technology is used to help visualize what the place looked like when it was being used. Photographs of rooms with paintings are prohibited, but photos of sculptures are allowed - hence this one.
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