Musée Calvet: Display of Gothic sculpture in the museum

A Pieta is the central work.\u000a\u000aSeveral aristocratic residences dating from the Baroque era have survived and have been turned into public institutions: the Mus\u00E9e Calvet and the M\u00E9diath\u00E8que Ceccano (municipal library) were once palatial homes. The original owner, Joseph-Ignace de Villeneuve-Martignan, a member of the city council and first consul of Avignon, enlarged the house starting in 1734. The architects were Thomas Lain\u00E9e and later Jean-Baptiste Franque and his son Fran\u00E7ois. The garden was praised by Stendhal when he visited in 1837. Nineteenth century restoration was by Renal and d' Eyssautier beginning when the estate was purchased for the museum in 1833.