Pont Saint-Bénézet
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.Photo: Chimigi, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: bridge in Avignon, France
- Also known as: “Avignon Bridge”, “Pont Saint-Benezet”, and “pont Saint-Bénézet”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint-Bénézet chapel and Musée du Petit Palais.
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. Musée du Petit Palais is situated 160 metres southeast of Pont Saint-Bénézet.
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. Avignon Cathedral is situated 330 metres southeast of Pont Saint-Bénézet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ile Piot and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.
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 Pont Saint-Bénézet.
Pont Saint-Bénézet
- Categories: arch bridge, stone bridge, bridge, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Avignon, Arrondissement of Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.95374° or 43° 57′ 14″ northLongitude
4.80497° or 4° 48′ 18″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
8FM6XR33+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1480626122OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
12128401Wikidata ID
Q284444
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Pont Saint-Bénézet” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սեն-Բենեզե կամուրջ”
- Arpitan: “Pont Sent-Bénézet”
- Balinese: “Pont Saint-Bénézet”
- Basque: “Avignongo zubia”
- Basque: “Saint-Bénézet zubia”
- Catalan: “Pont d’Avignon”
- Catalan: “Pont d’Avinyó”
- Catalan: “Pont de Sant Beneset”
- Chinese: “圣贝内泽桥”
- Chinese: “聖貝內澤橋”
- Czech: “Avignonský most”
- Czech: “Pont Saint-Bénezet”
- Dutch: “Le pont d’avignon”
- Dutch: “Le Pont St-Benezet”
- Dutch: “Le Pont St-Bénezet”
- Dutch: “Pont Saint-Benezet”
- Dutch: “Pont Saint-Bénézet”
- Dutch: “Pont St-Benezet”
- Dutch: “Pont St-Bénezet”
- Esperanto: “Ponto de Avinjono”
- Estonian: “Avignoni sild”
- Estonian: “Pont d’Avignon”
- Estonian: “Pont Saint-Benezet”
- Estonian: “Pont Saint-Bénezet”
- Estonian: “Saint-Bénezet‘ sild”
- Finnish: “Pont Saint-Bénézet”
- French: “pont d’Avignon”
- French: “pont Saint-Benezet”
- French: “pont Saint-Bénezet”
- French: “pont Saint-Bénézet”
- French: “Pont Saint-Bénézet”
- Georgian: “ავინიონის ხიდი”
- Georgian: “სენ-ბენეზეს ხიდი”
- German: “Brücke von Avignon”
- German: “Chapelle Saint-Bénézet”
- German: “Pont d’Avignon”
- German: “Pont Saint-Benezet”
- German: “Pont Saint-Bénezet”
- German: “Pont Saint-Bénézet”
- German: “Pont St. Benezet”
- German: “Pont St. Bénézet”
- German: “Saint-Benezet-Brücke”
- German: “Saint-Bénezet-Brücke”
- German: “St. Bénézet-Brücke”
- Hebrew: “גשר אביניון”
- Hebrew: “גשר סן בנזה”
- Hebrew: “פון סן בנזה”
- Hungarian: “Pont d’Avignon”
- Italian: “Ponte di Avignone”
- Italian: “Ponte Saint-Bénezet”
- Italian: “Ponte San Benedetto”
- Japanese: “サン・ベネゼ橋”
- Korean: “생베네제 교”
- Latvian: “Avinjonas tilts”
- Latvian: “Aviņonas tilts”
- Lithuanian: “Sen Benzė tiltas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pont d’Avignon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pont Saint-Bénézet”
- Norwegian: “Pont d’Avignon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pònt de Sant Beneset”
- Polish: “Pont Saint-Bénézet”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Saint-Bénézet”
- Russian: “Мост Сен-Бенезе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Avignonski most”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Most Saint-Bénézet”
- Slovak: “Avignonský most”
- Slovenian: “Avignonski most”
- Spanish: “Pont d’Avignon”
- Spanish: “Pont Saint Bezenet”
- Spanish: “Pont Saint Bezénet”
- Spanish: “Pont Saint-Benezet”
- Spanish: “Pont Saint-Bénezet”
- Spanish: “Pont Saint-Bezenet”
- Spanish: “Pont Saint-Bezénet”
- Spanish: “Pont Saint-Bézénet”
- Spanish: “Puente de Aviñon”
- Spanish: “puente de Aviñón”
- Spanish: “Puente de Aviñón”
- Spanish: “Puente de Saint-Benezet”
- Spanish: “Puente de Saint-Bénezet”
- Spanish: “Puente Saint Bezenet”
- Spanish: “Puente Saint Bézénet”
- Spanish: “Puente Saint-Bezenet”
- Spanish: “Puente Saint-Bezénet”
- Spanish: “Puente Saint-Bézénet”
- Spanish: “Sobre el puente de Avinon”
- Spanish: “Sobre el puente de Avinón”
- Thai: “ปงแซ็ง-เบเนแซ”
- Thai: “ปงดาวีญง”
- Turkish: “Pont Saint-Bénézet”
- Ukrainian: “Міст Сен-Бенезе”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Avignon”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Saint-Bénezet”
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