The famous fresco of the Palais des papes was mutilated

The Chambre du Cerf at the Palais des papes in Avignon owes its name to an immense mural painting depicting a hunting scene. During the time of the vice-legates, a renovation of the room required the construction of a fireplace right in the middle of the artwork. The animal depicted was thus cut in two, so that only the hindquarters of the deer remain today.