View of Avignon from the Gard - Photo credit: Frédéric Dahm / Empreintes d'AilleursView of Avignon from the Gard - Photo credit: Frédéric Dahm / Empreintes d'Ailleurs
©View of Avignon from the Gard - Photo credit: Frédéric Dahm / Empreintes d'Ailleurs|Frédéric Dahm / Empreintes d'Ailleurs

Avignon, city of the popes

From its flamboyant past as the capital of Christendom, Avignon has preserved an exceptional heritage, much of which is listed as World Heritage by Unesco. By choosing to settle in this strategic location, at the crossroads of political interests in the 14th century, Popes Clement V, John XXII, and above all Benedict XII and Clement VI (there were 9 in all between 1305 and 1429), contributed to the history and legend of what is now known as… the City of the Popes.

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