page_title: Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
section_title: Exhibition spaces
hierarchical_section_title: Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques / Culture / Exhibition spaces
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le Pavillon des arts et le funiculaire de Pau depuis le bas du boulevard des Pyrénées
context_page_description: Pau is a commune overlooking the Pyrenees, and capital of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Département in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  The city is located in the heart of the former sovereign principality of Béarn, of which it was the capital from 1464. Pau lies on the Gave de Pau, and is located 100 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean and 50 kilometres from Spain. This position gives it a striking panorama across the mountain range of the Pyrenees as well as the hillsides of Jurançon. The appellation Horizons Palois has been created with the aim of protecting the view, in particular from the Boulevard des Pyrénées which extends for 1.8 kilometres from the Château de Pau to the Parc Beaumont. Alphonse de Lamartine said: "Pau has the world's most beautiful view of the earth just as Naples has the most beautiful view of the sea."
  The site has been occupied since at least the Gallo-Roman era. However the first references to Pau as a settlement only occur in the first half of the 12th century.
context_section_description: The Palais Beaumont
  The Pavillon des Arts
  The peristyle of the town hall
  The André-Labarrère media library
  The Nouste-Henric Hall
  The Chapel of the Perseverance
  The Cité des Pyrénées
  The department hall
caption: The Pavillon des Arts [fr]
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