Avignon

Avignon is a walled city surrounded by 14,206 ft (4,330 m) of ramparts.

 

 

Avignon is famous because it is the city to which the Popes fled when leaving the corruption of Rome in the 14th century. The palace they built, 'Le Palais des Papes,' or the palace of popes, is the world's largest Gothic edifice. [Wikitravel]

That is the Papal Palace rising above the walls.

 

 

The Papal Palace.

 

 

 

 

These are some of the foundations.

 

 

A dining hall.

 

 

Some corbels.

 

 

And a wall decoration - love that dragon! He looks like he is dancing.

 

 

Saint Pierre Basilica.

 

 

 

 

 

A typical street.

 

 

The clock tower.

 

 

Pont du avignon

Beginning in 1234, the original wooden bridge was rebuilt with 22 stone arches. It was abandoned in the mid-17th century as the arches tended to collapse each time the Rhône flooded making it very expensive to maintain. Four arches and the gatehouse at the Avignon end of the bridge have survived. The Chapel of Saint Nicholas sits on the second pier of the bridge. [wikipedia]

 

 

 

 

Posted with Blogsy