It should be noted, however, that the latter tower appears
the taller owing to the elevated ground whereon, it stands....
Having bought, by private agreement or by arbitration, all the houses
adjacent to the palace on the south side, Clement next proceeded to
demolish them and on the site to raise the noblest and most beautiful wing
of the great palace. This edifice, known to contemporaries as the great
new palace, comprised a spacious Chapel and Hall of Justice; and in August
9, 1344, contracts were made for cutting away and leveling the rock above
the present Rue Peyrolerie, whereon, by October 21, 1351, the masons had
raised their beautiful building.
On that day, by order of our lord the pope, one hundred florins were
handed over by the papal chamber to Master John of Loubieres to distribute
among the masters to celebrate the placing of the keystone in the vaulting
of the new chapel of the palace and the completion of the said chapel. On
All Saints' Day of that same year Clement recited (a month before his
death) the first solemn mass in his great new chapel and preached a most
eloquent sermon, praising God for the completion of his life's work.
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