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Musée lapidaire d'Avignon

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon is a French museum. It lies in Avignon itself. 105 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Palais des papes (600 m).

Photo: Musée lapidaire d'Avignon, Véronique PAGNIER (Public domain)

Where

In Avignon

inside the commune

How well known

Top 4%

#1,261 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

Apr–Oct

highs of 20–32°C

In brief

Museum in Avignon

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#1,261 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Avignon

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon is in the commune of Avignon, with 46 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Seasons in Avignon

In Avignon, April to October bring the warmest days: highs of 20–32°C.

Jan11° / 2°56 mm

Feb12° / 2°36 mm

Mar17° / 5°36 mm

Apr20° / 8°60 mm

May24° / 12°52 mm

Jun29° / 16°35 mm

Jul32° / 18°24 mm

Aug31° / 18°35 mm

Sep26° / 14°91 mm

Oct21° / 11°89 mm

Nov15° / 6°92 mm

Dec11° / 3°44 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Avignon, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Avignon station, 6.6 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Avignon’s full climate →

About

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 6 languages.

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Covered in: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Avignon, Vaucluse
Official site: musee-lapidaire.org/oeuvres-antiques/fr/l-histoire-du-musee-lapidaire

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where Musée lapidaire d'Avignon is

Orange marks Musée lapidaire d'Avignon, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Bases near Musée lapidaire d'Avignon

Largest of the 8 is Avignon, home to 92,188. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in this commune

Avignon

92,188 people

2 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

13,148 people

3 · 3.3 km northwest of it

Les Angles

8,908 people

4 · 4.8 km east of it

Le Pontet

18,386 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Musée lapidaire d'Avignon is	People
Avignon	It’s in this commune	92,188
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon	3.1 km northwest of it	13,148
Les Angles	3.3 km northwest of it	8,908
Le Pontet	4.8 km east of it	18,386
Rognonas	5.2 km south of it	4,261
Barbentane	6.4 km southwest of it	4,266
Pujaut	7.2 km north of it	3,982
Morières-lès-Avignon	7.7 km east of it	9,019

Make a day of it

Pair Musée lapidaire d'Avignon with these

The 105 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 attractions and a cathedral.

AttractionPalais des papes600 m north, in Avignon 2AttractionAttractionPont d'Avignon900 m north, in Avignon 3

CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms d'Avignon700 m north, in Avignon 4

MuseumMusée du Petit Palais800 m north, in Avignon 5

MuseumMusée Calvet200 m northwest, in Avignon 6

MuseumMusée Angladon100 m east, in Avignon 7

ChâteauPalais du Roure300 m north, in Avignon 8

MuseumMuséum Requien200 m northwest, in Avignon

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Musée lapidaire d'Avignon

Where is Musée lapidaire d'Avignon?

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon is in Avignon, in Vaucluse (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur).

What is Musée lapidaire d'Avignon?

French museum.

How well known is Musée lapidaire d'Avignon?

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon has 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #1,261 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Musée lapidaire d'Avignon?

April to October are the warmest months in Avignon, with afternoon highs of 20–32°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Musée lapidaire d'Avignon?

Within 15 km: Palais des papes (600 m), Pont d'Avignon (900 m), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms d'Avignon (700 m) and Musée du Petit Palais (800 m).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Palais des papes: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms d'Avignon: Rolf Süssbrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée du Petit Palais: Herbert Frank from Wien (Vienna), AT, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée Calvet: Shoshanah, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée Angladon: ell brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palais du Roure: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Muséum Requien: Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.