Château de l'Empéri

Perched on the Puech rock, the Empéri overlooks Salon. This castle was from the ninth to the eighteenth century the residence of the archbishops of Arles. The Empéri, which also welcomed kings of France, is a museum of art, costume and military history. It houses the collections built up from the start of the century by Raoul and Jean Brunon, which since 1967 have been the property of the Musée de l'Armée. The museum presents in about thirty rooms: the history of the French armies from Louis XIV to 1918. Musée de l'Armée collections. Free for military and Defence personnel. Final architecture Roman, Gothic, Renaissance.

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