In 1443 Burgundy’s chancellor made a deal for his soul: a palace-hospital for the poor. Glazed roofs, the 50-metre hall of beds, five centuries of medicine — and van der Weyden’s Last Judgment. Photos, video and guide.
A town that moved twice: the medieval Haute Ville of Vaison-la-Romaine on its rock above the Ouvèze — a cathedral built 1464 at the edge of the void, the castle of the Counts of Toulouse, and lanes of honey-coloured stone.
Founded in 949 on a rocky hill amid the marshes, the Abbaye de Montmajour is Provence’s great half-forgotten monument: an unfinished Romanesque church, a rock-cut necropolis, a carved bestiary — and Van Gogh’s favourite hill. A photo documentary and visitor guide.
