Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-14 | Page 23 | Tourist Fund Used to Restore Pope's Palace |

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Date	1926-11-14
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Tourist Fund Used to Restore Pope's Palace
Type	article
Date	1926-11-14
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	23
OCR Text	Show Tourist Fund Used to Restore Popes Pope's Palace A AVIGNON France Nov O 13 AP Funds gleaned gleane from tourists mostly Americans are making possible possible pos pos- sible restoration of the historic Palace o of the Popes here Built in the fourteenth century the famous structure which has been the residence of several Pontiffs Pontiffs Pontiffs Pon Pon- tiffs fell into decay during the nineteenth century when It vas was used ai as a military barracks Poverty of the municipal treasury had made it It impossible to restore the palace until two years ago when wien wiena WIlena a sojourn tax taC dally daily on tourists was instituted and soon between and francs was raised This money is being used to to re restore restore restore re- re store the noble edifice which stands on ori on a lofty hill hlll overlooking the Rhone valley
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