Avignon

Crèches in the Churches in Avignon

From 20/12/2025 to 02/02/2026 daily.
- Metropolitan Basilica of Notre-Dame des Doms - Avignon Cathedral
Tuesday to Sunday, 8.30am to 5pm

- Saint-Agricol Collegiate Church
23, rue Saint-Agricol
Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 9:30am to 12pm.

- Basilique Saint- Pierre
Place Saint-Pierre
Monday to Saturday, 9:30am to 1pm and 2:30pm to 5pm.

- Collégiale Saint-Didier
Place Saint-Didier
Monday to Saturday, 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5:30pm.

- Eglise Saint-Symphorien les Carmes
Place des Carmes
Monday to Friday 8am-5pm, Sunday 9.30am-12pm.

These times are subject to change depending on the availability of supervisory staff.

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Event in Avignon :

As is the custom in Provence and in the Comtat Venaissin, Christmas crèches are displayed in the churches to celebrate the Nativity

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The crèche was created in Italy in the 13th century, to celebrate the birth of Christ. The original Crèche scene showed the baby Jesus with the Holy Family and the ox and ass, around the manger where the baby lay. Over time, other figures were added, and in the 19th century in Provence, countless santons - little saints - were added to represent the different inhabitants of the Provencal villages, such as the miller, shepherd, drummer (tambourinaïre), wood carrier, fisherman, farmer, knife-sharpener (rémoulaïre), the village simpleton (lou Ravi), all gathered, with the Mistral wind blowing, around Mary, Joseph and the three Kings.

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