Between rue de la République and the hideous market hall on place Pie (mornings Tues-Sun) is the main pedestrian precinct, centring around place du Change. Rue des Marchands and rue du Vieux-Sextierhave their complement of chapels and late medieval mansions, in particular the Hôtel des Rascas on the corner of rue des Marchands and rue Fourbisseurs, and the Hôtel de Belli on the corner of rue Fourbisseurs and rue du Vieux-Sextier. The Renaissance church of St-Pierreon
place St-Pierre has superb doors sculpted in 1551, and a retable dating
from the same period. More Renaissance art is on show in the fourteenth-century church of St-Didier(Mon-Sat 9am-noon & 2-7pm, Sun 10-11am), chiefly
The Carrying of the Cross
by Francesco Laurana, commissioned by King René of Provence in 1478.
There are also fourteenth-century frescoes in the left-hand chapel.
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