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Palais des Archevêques is a window into France’s royal and medieval past. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Palais des Archevêques
Dominating the heart of Narbonne, the Palais des Archevêques is one of the most impressive palace-fortresses in the south of France, the former residence of the powerful archbishops who ruled this once-great Roman and medieval city. This vast ensemble of towers, halls and courtyards, blending Romanesque, Gothic and later architecture, rises like a stronghold above the old town, its silhouette given a neo-Gothic flourish by the 19th-century architect Viollet-le-Duc, who added the town hall façade. Today the palace houses the city hall and several fine museums of art and archaeology, and its great keep can be climbed for sweeping views. Grand, imposing and richly historic, the Palais des Archevêques is the proud centrepiece of Narbonne, a magnificent monument to the power of the medieval Church at the heart of this ancient Occitan city.