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avignon
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n. A city in Provence, France.
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Avignon (; ; , ), is a commune in south-eastern France in the department of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 90,194 inhabitants of the city , about 12,000 live in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval ramparts.
Between 1309 and 1377 during the Avignon Papacy, seven successive popes resided in Avignon and in 1348 Pope Clement VI bought the town from Joanna I of Naples. Papal control persisted until 1791 when, during the French Revolution, it became part of France. The town is now the capital of the Vaucluse department and one of the few French cities to have preserved its ramparts.
The historic centre, which includes the Palais des Papes, the cathedral, and the Pont d'Avignon, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The medieval monuments and the annual Festival d'Avignon have helped to make the town a major centre for tourism.
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
Usage examples of "avignon".
The papal palace at Avignon is accurately portrayed, except for the archives, which I concocted.
They were headed to Avignon, about ninety miles away, to find Royce Claridon.
In the far distance, miles away, on a hilltop overlooking Avignon, stood a palace stronghold with an Oriental appearance, like something from Arabia.
The city of Avignon assumed control in 1906, but restoration was delayed until the 1960s.
When, in 1226, Avignon sided with the count of Toulouse against Louis VIII during the Albigensian Crusade, the French king razed the bridge.
Catherine of Siena, the woman who eventually convinced the last Avignon pope to return to Rome, had all come.
This was the bedroom of a king, not a pope, and that was how the Avignon prelates thought of themselves.
Down more passageways they passed stone effigies of more Avignon popes.
At the university in Toulouse he came across some information on the Avignon archives.
Malone and Stephanie Nelle returned to Rennes from Avignon in the wee hours.
Instead, he settled in Avignon, driven there by the secular world because the Church had joined the secular battle.
Where it was all heading he had no idea, but the life of the Church at Avignon seemed to swirl around him.
She wanted to know what we knew about her mystery man, Erich Kessler, and Dunn told her the story, told her we had run him to ground in Avignon, were about to go there.
She informed me that she was going to Avignon with us in search of Erich Kessler, aka Ambrose Calder.
Father Dunn made a call to let Ambrose Calder or his representative know he was in Avignon and following instructions.