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  King René's Ch�teau
King René’s magnificent powerful Château is one of the finest Mediaeval châteaux in France. It was built on the remains of an old Roman castrum by Charles I of Anjou in the 13th century. Louis II of Anjou demolished the fortress to build, in its place, in 1400, the sumptuous Château which was finished in 1449 by King René.
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Churches, Cloisters and Monasteries

Numerous convents opened through the centuries around the tomb and the church of Saint Martha.The large number proved the importance of the cult of Saint Martha.

The first to arrive in the 13th century in Tarascon were the Benedictines in 1230, until they were suppressed in 1252 by Pope Clement VII, the Cordeliers in 1250, the Dominicans in 1256 and the Benedictines in 1358. The Templars had arrived much earlier (11th century), at a short distance from the Priory of Saint Nicolas consecrated in 1096 by Pope Urban II. After they were suppressed in 1310, they were replaced by the Triniataires in 1330.

Other Orders came to this small town on the banks of the Rhône, the Sisters of the Visitation in 1641, the Doctrinaires in 1640, the Augustins in 1650, the Franciscans in 1650, the Capucins in 1614, the Ursulines in 1638, the Observantins in 1632, the Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge in 1677.

Around these religious premises, housing was built, so that in 1638, new ramparts were built to contain all this, with the massive towers of the Condamine Gate, which can still be seen today.

 
 
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Eglises, Cloîtres et Monastères
  Château du roi René
  Abbaye St Michel de Frigolet
  Abbaye des B�n�dictines
  Chapelle St Gabriel
  Chapelle de la Perséverance
  Chapelle Notre Dame du Château
  Chapelle Notre Dame de Bonaventure
  Chapelle Saint-Victor
  Chapelle De Lansac
  Cloître des Cordeliers
  Collégiale Sainte Marthe
  Couvent de la visitation
  Couvent des Ursulines
  Eglise Saint Jacques
Les Hôtels particuliers
  Hôtel De Preigne
  Hôtel Clerc de Mollières
  Hôtel de Leautaud
  Hôtel des Monnaies
  Hôtel de Sallele
  Hôtel de Laudun
  Hôtel De Sade-Cadillan
  Hôtel d'Aiminy ou Souleïado
  Hôtel de l'Abbesse
  Hôtel Raoulx et Mauleon
  Hôtel de Ville
Portes, places et rues de Tarascon
  Les portes disparues
  La porte St Jean
  La porte Condamine
  La porte Jarnègues
  Rue des Halles
  Rue Arc De Bocqui
  Vieille Maison
  Borne du Pont de Saint Martin
  Place du Marché
 
 
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