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-Sextier
have 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-Pierre on 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.