Avignon - St Didier

To the east of the Rue de la République, the main street of the Old Town of Avignon leading south from the Place de l'Horloge, stands the single-aisled Church of St-Didier, dating from the mid-14th C. It provides a further example of the stern Provençal Romanesque style. It contains one of the earliest Renaissance works of art, a Way of the Cross created between 1478 and 1481 by the Italian painter Francesco da Laurana, who had been working in France since 1476. Also worthy of note is the Late Gothic pulpit with richly flamboyant- style decoration. More recently wall- paintings dating from the 14th C. depicting the Crucifixion and Interment etc. have been uncovered in the church.