Culture and Sights

Places and monuments 

• The land of Carpentras and Comtat Venaissin is classified as a Land of Art and History .

Civil and natural heritage:

• The Arch of Carpentras , the i ^st  century (Historical Monument )
• The tower of the belfry built in the xv ^th  century with its campanile wrought iron and richly ornate clock xvi ^th  century, marks the site of the castle built in the xii ^th  century by the counts of Toulouse. (Listed Historical Monument ).
• The “Boyer Passage” (mid xix ^th  century), also nicknamed “Street Closed” is a street covered with a canopy supported by arches and a metal frame 90 meters long and 5 meters wide .
• The former bishop’s palace (the current courthouse) xvii ^th  century (MH) .
• La Charité with its two floors of arches and Italianate loggias, hospice, then educational establishment and today Cultural Center.
• The door of Orange , a witness of the military architecture of the xiv ^th  century high of twenty-seven meters  .
• The Inguimbertine library (listed municipal library, Carpentras archives and museums), directed by Jean-François Delmas (curator) .
• The Jesuit college built in the xvii ^th  century , where Fabre taught from 1842 to 1848 and whose buildings remained dedicated to teaching until 1988  .
• François-Vincent Raspail’s birthplace .
• The Post Office inaugurated in 1911 , in the building occupied by the stores of Mr. Albert Lunel ( Armand Lunel’s grandfather ) .
• Graineterie Roux de Carpentras (classified MH) .
• The Campaign of Bacchus (MH)  in Serres-Carpentras.
• Castle Rose Garden ( xix ^th – xx ^th  century) for its remarkable garden.
• Château du Martinet (MH) and its park.
• “Le petit Marseillais” building facade, place Général-de-Gaulle (MH).
• The Hôtel-Dieu de Carpentras with its old pharmacy. This majestic building of the xviii ^th  century was built at the request of Bishop Joseph-Dominique Inguimbert based in the baroque chapel. The apothecary has retained its original state .
• The Hôtel d ‘ Armand de Chateauvieux ( Sobirats Museum , of the family of the same name which takes root in the Dauphiné ).
• Hotel Poupardin, house of the Prélat.
• Hotel des Isnards.
• Hotel of the sub-prefecture . xviii ^th . (MH).
• Former Thomas-de-la-Valette hotel  Rue Isidore Moricelly .
• The Carpentras canal.
• Aqueduct (classified MH).
• The fountain of the Angel in Carpentras (1731-1904) , place de l’Horloge, then (2004-in progress) place Maurice-Charretier.
• Commemorative monuments:
  • Monument to the fallen of the 1914-1918 war ,
  • Monuments to the dead to African soldiers who died for France ,
  • 1914-1918 commemorative plaques from Saint-Siffrein cathedral,
  • AFN commemorative stele .

Religious heritage:

• The Saint-Siffrein Cathedral , Place du General de Gaulle, it was built in the xv ^th  century in honor of the patron saint of the city. In Provencal Gothic style it contains, in addition to the famous Saint Mors (which tradition says was made with a nail from the cross of Christ), works of art of high value. Notably, among the oldest, Gothic stained glass (choir and chapel of Michel Anglici) and an altarpiece from the xv ^th  century representing the Coronation of the Virgin between St Siffrein and St Michael ¹⁰⁴ . For this triptych, which has exceptionally preserved its superciel, as well as for the stained glass window representingSaint Siffrein surrounded by Saint Michael and Saint Catherine of Siena has recently been proposed the attribution to the great painter Enguerrand Quarton (Luc Ta-Van-Thinh 2002). The tribune organ is from 1643.
• The parish church of Notre-Dame-de-l’Observance, rue de l’Observance ,
• The Notre-Dame-de-Santé chapel , avenue Notre-Dame de Santé, took this name from Notre Dame de Santé following the plague of 1629. First small chapel built around 1401 and dedicated to the “Virgin of Serres bridge,” the abbot said Mery in a chapel at the xvi ^th  century, and the present chapel was built in the xviii ^th  century.
• The Dominican Convent , place of August 25, 1944 , (choir of the old church), which housed in particular the old theater, and whose rehabilitation began in 2005 to accommodate the tourist office, the Maison de Pays and the Center for the Interpretation of Architecture and Heritage .
• The college chapel , rue du College, 17th ^century (Classified MH) . The college chapel is now a place of exhibitions.
• The Notre-Dame-de-Pitié chapel, of the White Penitents, Place du Docteur Cavaillon.
• The chapel of the black penitents , place des Pénitents Noirs, (MH).
• The chapel of the convent of the Visitation Sainte-Marie , rue des Saintes-Maries, which became, after the French Revolution , the Chapel of the Gray Penitents (MH).
• The chapel of the Hôtel-Dieu , place Aristide Briand.
• The Saint-Martin church, avenue Saint-Roch de Serres.
• The chapel Saint-Martin de Serres ( xvi ^th and xvii ^th  centuries)
• The synagogue in Carpentras , instead of Jewry, the oldest French synagogue ( xiv ^th  century). Built in 1367, it was rebuilt in the xviii ^th  century. (Historical Monument ).
• The Israelite Cemetery (MH) .
• The reformed temple, rue du Collège.
• The Evangelical Protestant temple, rue du Temple.
• The Evangelical Assembled Church of God, avenue Marie Thérèse Chalon.
• The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, boulevard de Souville.

Museums 

• Comtadin-Duplessis Museum , known in the art world for notably housing the masterpiece Gamines , by Louise Catherine Breslau .
• Sobirats Museum