ClasséFunerary monument · protected 1840Arc romain dans l'enceinte du Palais de JusticePhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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History of Carpentras · Monuments historiques
26 historic monuments, 11 classé
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up. For every 10,000 residents Carpentras counts 8.2 monuments, more per resident than 82% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. Carpentras’s oldest monuments date from the 1st century. 25 of Carpentras’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
26
8.2 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
11
the highest protection
Inscrit
15
the second level
Oldest part
1st c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Carpentras in 25 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Arc romain dans l'enceinte du Palais de JusticeClassé
Hôtel-DieuClassé
Palais épiscopal (ancien)Classé
Ancien couvent de la Visitation Sainte-MarieClassé
Ancien hôtel Thomas de la Valette dit aussi ancien hôtel du Comte de Modène ou ancien hôtel de JocasClassé+20See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Carpentras’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Église Saint-Siffrein, ou ancienne cathédrale
10 of 11classé monuments stand within 400 m of Église Saint-Siffrein, ou ancienne cathédrale, with 19 of the town’s 26 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
26 monuments by protection
11 Classé15 Inscrit
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point.
Classé
11 classé monuments in Carpentras
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 11 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséCathedral · protected 1840Église Saint-Siffrein, ou ancienne cathédralePhoto: phileole · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséSchool · protected 1926Collège de garçonsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséConvent · protected 2004Ancien couvent de la Visitation Sainte-MariePhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown house · protected 1995Ancien hôtel Thomas de la Valette dit aussi ancien hôtel du Comte de Modène ou ancien hôtel de JocasPhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséBishop’s palace · protected 1862Palais épiscopal (ancien)Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséPublic building · protected 1987Beffroi, 7 place de l'HorlogePhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséInscrit
15 inscrit monuments in Carpentras
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 15, A to Z
Ancienne chapelle des Pénitents noirsChapelle Notre-Dame-de-Santé et pont de SerresChapelle Saint-Martin-de-Serres (ancienne)Château du MartinetCimetière israélite dit aussi cimetière juifCouvent des Dominicains (ancien)Fontaine, boulevard du NordGraineterie RouxHôtel ChabrolHôtel Poupardin dit Maison du PrélatImmeuble, 65 place du Général-de-GaulleImmeuble, rue de la Porte-de-MonteuxLa Campagne de Bacchus, à SerresMaison à cariatidesSous-préfecture
3 more, named only by their kind
3 more are named in the list only by their kind: 2 buildings (immeubles) and 1 other, most from the 17th century. The 3 with an address are in the list above, by it.
17th c.1
18th c.1
undated1
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Carpentras
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes9
Religious buildings7
Public & civic3
Tombs & cemeteries2
Bridges & engineering2
Military & fortified1
Industrial1
Houses & homes: 9 of 26 monuments (35%). 7 are religious buildings, 3 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old Carpentras’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.1
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.3
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution12
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19011
4 of 17 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Arc romain dans l'enceinte du Palais de Justice (1st c.). 9 monuments have no date on the list.
Protected area
A protected historic area is on its way in Carpentras
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR93-46 | ZPPAUP July 5, 2005 | Still being drawn up |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
When protected
Carpentras’ list has grown since 1840
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1840: Arc romain dans l'enceinte du Palais de Justice and Église Saint-Siffrein, ou ancienne cathédrale. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 4 were protected in 1949 alone. 1 has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
13% of homes in Carpentras were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
7.3%
1919–45
26%
1946–70
25%
1971–90
13%
1991–2005
16%
2006 on
CarpentrasMedian compared French town
13% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1946 and 1970 than in any other period (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
31 people born in Carpentras before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Vasquin Philieul
Louis de Vervins
Pierre de Roquesante
Joseph-Dominique d'Inguimbert
Louis Archimbaud
Joseph-Marie-François de Lassone
Jean-Pierre-Xavier Bidauld
Louis-Siffrein-Joseph de Salamon
Joseph Marie Audin-Rouvière
Hyacinthe Chapuis
Albert d'Olivier de Pezet
Pierre Corneille
Joseph Floret
Paul Tramier de Laboissière
Charles Hyacinthe Dupuy
Louis des Isnards
Eugène Guérin
Mardochée Valabrègue
Édouard Daladier
Alibert
1500165018001950
LA
Louis Archimbaud1705–1789 · French composer and organist
JP
Jean-Pierre-Xavier Bidauld1745–1813 · French painter
LS
Louis-Siffrein-Joseph de Salamon1750–1829 · French bishop
JM
Joseph Marie Audin-Rouvière1764–1832 · French physician
EG
Eugène Guérin1849–1929 · French politician
MV
Mardochée Valabrègue1852–1934 · French soldier
ÉD
Édouard Daladier1884–1970 · French politician
A
Alibert1889–1951 · French singer
Everyone born in Carpentras Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Carpentras has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 30,100 to 33,200 residents, by historic monuments.
Carpentras26
#7 of 41for monuments per resident (8.2 per 10,000). Most per resident: Paris 3e, Nevers and Vienne.
The median town of these has 3. 4 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Carpentras
In brief
Carpentras in brief
Arc romain dans l'enceinte du Palais de Justice, from the 1st century, is the oldest monument in Carpentras. In all there are 26 historic monuments, 11 of them classé. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 82% of compared French towns.
Église Saint-Siffrein, ou ancienne cathédrale sits at the heart of it all, with 10 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 17 with a date, 12 come from the 16th to 18th centuries.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Carpentras
How many historic monuments are there in Carpentras?
The Culture ministry lists 26 historic monuments in Carpentras: 11 classé and 15 inscrit.
Which monuments in Carpentras are classé?
11, among them Arc romain dans l'enceinte du Palais de Justice, Église Saint-Siffrein, ou ancienne cathédrale, Collège de garçons, Ancien couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie, Ancien hôtel Thomas de la Valette dit aussi ancien hôtel du Comte de Modène ou ancien hôtel de Jocas and Hôtel-Dieu.
How old are the monuments of Carpentras?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 1st century.
Is Carpentras a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for Carpentras is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
When were monuments in Carpentras first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Carpentras?
13% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.