Saint Martial's Chapel, Palace of Popes, Medieval chapel in Palace of Popes, France
The chapel displays fresco cycles depicting scenes from Saint Martial's life arranged in a spiral pattern from the vault to the walls.
Pope Clement VI commissioned Italian painter Matteo Giovannetti to decorate the chapel with frescoes between 1344 and 1345 during the Avignon papacy.
The fresco narratives present Saint Martial as the thirteenth apostle sent by Saint Peter to spread Christianity in southern Gaul.
Visitors can access the chapel through the Grand Tinel on the second floor of Saint John's tower in the Palace of Popes.
Giovannetti developed a single-layer plaster technique for the frescoes instead of the traditional two-layer method to enhance color intensity.
Location: Avignon
Part of: Palais des Papes
Address: 2, place du Palais
GPS coordinates: 43.95083,4.80750
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:48
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