"This street used to be called Tanners Street, due to the fact that many tanneries once operated there. The street then was named Rue des Lices. The word Lices refers to space between two enclosures, or along an enclosure."
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"At the origin, the word referred to the double railings and their equipment that were used to run the Quintaine and to practice the arts of knighthood.
The street runs where the 12th-century ramparts once stood. In 1622, King Louis XIII ordered the ramparts to be demolished. The Rue des Lices, briefly named after the Vice-Legate Carlo Conti in 1604, was the first street in Avignon to be paved with cobblestones, at his request.
Today, the Chapel of the Incarnate Word is the only...
The street runs where the 12th-century ramparts once stood. In 1622, King Louis XIII ordered the ramparts to be demolished. The Rue des Lices, briefly named after the Vice-Legate Carlo Conti in 1604, was the first street in Avignon to be paved with cobblestones, at his request.
Today, the Chapel of the Incarnate Word is the only...
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