Magna Porta

The Porta Magna, the front door of the Palace of the Popes. Under a Gothic arch finely sculpted figures of angels which seem to support the weight of the arcs. Five big hollow statues received before, around a pedestal of fantastic animals. Only one remains, and it is quite damaged. During the French Revolution, the people rose up with the idea of ​​rebelling against the church, and many works of art and places of worship were destroyed. The top therefore lost most of its decorations. In the nineteenth century the chapel was divided into three, to form a dormitory for soldiers and a grand staircase was built to the rooms.