Avignon
Avignon is the capital of the French department of Vaucluse in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the banks of the Rhône river. Avignon was one of the European Cities of Culture in 2000 and its historical centre has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pont Saint-Bénézet and Avignon Cathedral.
Pont Saint-Bénézet
Photo: Chimigi, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The Pont Saint-Bénézet, also known as the Pont d'Avignon, was a medieval bridge across the Rhône in the town of Avignon, in southern France. Only four arches survive.
Avignon Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avignon Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located next to the Palais des Papes in Avignon, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Avignon.
Musée du Petit Palais
Museum
Photo: Herbert Frank, CC BY 2.0.
The Musée du Petit Palais is a museum and art gallery in Avignon, southern France. It opened in 1976 and has an exceptional collection of "primitives" and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, which reunites those of the collection of Giampietro Campana deposed by the Musée du Louvre as well as paintings of the Avignon school deposed by the Musée Calvet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Le Pontet.
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Town
Photo: Luu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It can also be spelled Villeneuve-lez-Avignon.
Le Pontet
Town
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
Le Pontet is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Le Pontet is a suburb of the city of Avignon; it lies adjacent to its northeastern side. Le Pontet is situated 4½ km east of Avignon.
Avignon
- Type: Locality with 92,400 residents
- Also known as: “84007”
- Location: Arrondissement of Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.9486° or 43° 56′ 55″ northLongitude
4.8083° or 4° 48′ 30″ eastPopulation
92,400Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
8FM6WRX5+C8GeoNames ID
6455379
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Avignon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أفينيون”
- Aragonese: “Avinyón”
- Belarusian: “Горад Авіньён”
- Bulgarian: “Авиньон”
- Catalan: “Avinyó”
- Chinese: “亞維農”
- Chuvash: “Авиньон”
- French: “Avignon”
- Galician: “Aviñón”
- Georgian: “ავინიონი”
- German: “Avignon”
- Greek: “Αβινιόν”
- Hebrew: “אביניון”
- Italian: “Avignone”
- Japanese: “アヴィニョン”
- Kazakh: “Авиньон”
- Korean: “아비뇽”
- Latin: “Avennio”
- Latvian: “Aviņona”
- Lithuanian: “Avinjonas”
- Marathi: “आव्हियों”
- Mazanderani: “آوینیون”
- Mingrelian: “ავინიონი”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Avinhon”
- Ossetian: “Авиньон”
- Persian: “اوینیون”
- Polish: “Awinion”
- Portuguese: “Avinhão”
- Russian: “Авиньон”
- Serbian: “Авињон”
- Spanish: “Aviñón”
- Tibetan: “ཨ་ཝི་ཉོང་།”
- Ukrainian: “Авіньйон”
- Western Panjabi: “ایوگناں”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hotel Danieli and Abbaye Sainte-Catherine d’Avignon.
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