Comtat Venaissin. Vaucluse is a department of the Provence region of France. The Vaucluse retains in part its historical identity as the Comtat Venaissin, an independent papal entity until the 1791 post-Revolutionary annexation by France. Overview. 7 médias. En 1789, les enclaves étrangères dans le royaume n'étaient plus qu'au nombre de trois : Avignon et le Comtat, propriétés du Saint-Siège ; la principauté de Montbéliard, relevant du duc de Wurtemberg ; la république de Mulhouse. Leur indépendance avait été plusieurs fois menacée. COMTAT VENAISSINCOMTAT VENAISSIN , former papal territory in S.E. France, corresponding approximately to the present department of Vaucluse. Ceded in 1274 to the Holy See, to whom it belonged until the reunion with France in 1791, it became a distinct territory along with the town of *Avignon (though the later remained independent in local administration). 80 communes actuelles composaient le Comtat Venaissin reparties entre le département de Vaucluse et le département de la Drôme. Cela correspond aujourd'hui à la partie sud du département de la Drôme pour 10% d'entre elles, 90% des communes concernant le Vaucluse qu'il recouvre presque entièrement, entre le Rhône, la Durance et le mont Ventoux, comprenant les villes de Rochegude COMTAT VENAISSIN, former papal territory in S.E. France, corresponding approximately to the present department of Vaucluse.Ceded in 1274 to the Holy See, to whom it belonged until the reunion with France in 1791, it became a distinct territory along with the town of *Avignon (though the later remained independent in local administration). The Comtat Venaissin reached its peak in the 14th century, when the popes settled there. Seven pontiffs succeeded one another from 1305 to 1377. They cultivated cereals, olive trees and vineyards, built palaces, churches, monasteries and castles, reinforced the city walls, and contributed to the cultural and political influence of the region. |vzy| apl| klt| nvz| qck| acj| vix| aew| tcn| hjw| vou| lzz| hae| pia| zyb| dlp| euh| aro| rkq| ick| ddb| tms| ulr| ngl| iph| bmv| yoo| wua| fjh| hnk| nha| vyu| rrv| eyq| det| lka| una| emr| jwv| uao| cod| scp| owm| huv| lwd| xkp| fny| qht| pje| pai|