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18 K10 Pharmacie & Chapelle de la 15 J10 Agora / Ursuline Convent Miséricorde K10 Jardin des Plantes Old Ursuline convent built in 1641, 13 Museums & exhibitions 45 J12 (overleaf) An island of green just a short then converted into a women's MoCo Contemporary Art Centre Montpellier city centre9 K10 Montpellier Cathedral MUSÉE DE LA PHARMACIE way from the Faculty of Medicine, prison during the French Pope Urban V, a former student L10 MoCo covers three structures: and the oldest botanical gardens Revolution. Today it houses the Contemporary 42 Arc de Triomphe Panacée, the School of 57 J14 (overleaf) th in Montpellier, had a monastery the century, the in France! Created by Pierre National Choreographic Centre, Musée Fabre L’écusson In the late 17 and church built in 1364, that Fine Arts and the Hôtel des and the Musée des Moulages King's Intendant decided to Richer de Belleval in 1593 at the Montpellier Danse Considered to be one of the Collections. were later transformed into Montpellier39 P9 . erect an triumphal arch in request of Henri IV for the study Agora most prestigious fine arts L9 47 L10 Historical centre 6 K9 Saint-Pierre Cathedral in 1536. 56 honour of Louis XIV. Imitating of medicinal plants, it would 36 M9 GEORGES FRÊCHE SCHOOL OF HOTEL museums in Europe, it was 3 K9 Its Southern Gothic style, its 19 L10 Hôtel des Collections Pavillon Populaire Sainte-Anne District the gates of , it was built then be expanded andth opened MANAGEMENT founded by local painter L9 massive silhouette and its century. Antigone Photography gallery 1 Old Saint-Côme Amphitheatre This area is home to the Carré to the public in the 19 This school of excellence François-Xavier Fabre in 1825. Located in the old Hôtel in the place of one of the eight imposing porch supported by The Corum This neoclassical district Hôtel Saint-Côme, built Sainte-Anne, a desacralized CLOSED MONDAY specializing in hospitality and +33 (0)4 67 14 83 00 Montcalm, this venue is an 48 L10 Place de la Comédie gates in the old ramparts. two circular pillars all give it A conference centre built by designed by architect Previously known as in 1757 by architect Jean- church and exhibition centre, June to September: 12 - 8 pm in 1988, it also tourism is made all of curves museefabre-en.montpellier3m. artistic ecosystem dedicated Place the appearance of a mediaeval Ricardo Bofill contributes to Espace Dominique Bagouet (Egg Square) for Antoine Giral, served as an the Conservatoire de Musique October to May: 12 - 6 pm houses the Opéra Berlioz. and covered with a metal skin, fr to exhibiting collections from de l'Oeuf fortress. Montpellier's architectural Art and heritage space and instrument makers' around the world. More than its oval shape, this is one of amphitheatre for the surgical 10 J10 peculiarity. and was designed by Italian 16 K10 43 L10 a museum, it is a veritable 6 K9 the largest pedestrian zones college up until the Revolution. workshops. Place Royale du Peyrou 20 L10 architect Massimiliano Fuksas. K10 37 N9 community centre where the in Europe. It was thdeveloped It is now home to the Chamber 14 Tour des Pins Hôtel de Cabrières Carré Sainte-Anne century. 7 K10 The backdrop for the statue of Archaeological Garden 40 C12 (overleaf) beginning in the 17 of Commerce and Industry. The second tower and remains BANKS OF THE LEZ Sabatier d’Espeyran public can come and enjoy Contemporary art centre King Louis XIV on horseback, Faculty of Medicine A mediaeval archaeological the restaurant, the park and Mikvé of the fortified walls which PIERRESVIVES Attached to the Musée Fabre, K9 Jewish ritual it forms a straight line with the In 1181, Lord Guilhem VIII signed garden. Remains of the Eglise The banks of the Lez are 49 K9 4 This mediaeval th a shop. 1 L9 an edict stating that everyone, once had 25 of them. It was (a church tree-lined and dotted with Like a glass and concrete cruise this mansion houses its Arc de Triomphe, the water du Saint-Esprit Inauguration: 29 June 2019 Espace Saint-Ravy Tour de la Babote bath dating from the 12 named after the two pine trees th ship run aground, the The Three Graces tower and the Saint-Clément regardless of religion or built to receive pilgrims in the footbridges, making them centre for Decorative Arts Department. It One of two remainingth century is one of the oldest in growing on top of it. th knowledge and sport designed includes a series of sumptuous 46 K10 50 K10 Created by sculptor Etienne century Aqueduct. origins, had the right to teach 13 century) and of the 14 ideal for a walk or bicycle th towers from the 14 Europe. It bears witness to the . Enjoy the view of by architect Zaha Hadid and rooms which reproduceth the Dantoine in 1773, the Fountain medicine in Montpellier. Thus century Pila Saint Gély Gate. ride and 19 The Panacée La Nef ramparts which protected size of the Jewish community 17 K11 christened Pierresvives is a atmosphere of the 18 of the Three Graces (Aglaia, 11 J10 in 1220 was born the oldest L'Arbre Blanc, the "white tree" Montpellier's centre for Venue dedicated to in Montpellier. May be closed 21 L10 the city, it was raised in the in the Western Saint-Charles Chapel designed by S. Fujimoto. cultural venue open to the centuries. Euphrosyne and Thalia) is medical school churches and32 L10 temples contemporary culture. craftsmen th century to accommodate for archaeological digs. Saint-Clément Aqueduct . It houses the Hérault , 18 world which is still operating Chapel attached to the Esplanade Charles de Gaulle public +33 (0)4 67 14 83 00 L10 an emblem of Montpellier Engineer Henri Pitot de Launay 28 L10 It is a place for creation, 51 the Academy of Science's K10 today. general hospital, created in With its little park, its pond Notre-Dame des Tables Church 38 N8 | O9 Departmental Archives, a media museefabre-en.montpellier3m.fr installed in the middle of Place 8 was inspired by the Pont du Private manors experimentation and . library and an exhibition hall. Les Ateliers des Métiers astronomical observatory 1678 on the orders of King and its playground, 25 K10 Chapel of the White Penitents K9 de la Comédie. when he built the Saint- 14 K10 33 PORT MARIANNE AND CITY HALL L11 exhibition. 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