Fort Saint-André
The Fort Saint-André is a medieval fortress in the commune of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the Gard département of France, dating from the first half of the 14th century.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic site in Gard, France
- Also known as: “Fort Saint-André (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint-André Abbey and Chapelle Sainte-Casarie.
Saint-André Abbey
Photo: William Marlow, Public domain.
Saint-André Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon at the top of Mont-Andaon.
Chapelle Sainte-Casarie
Church
Photo: TRANOS APOSTOLOS, CC BY 3.0.
Chapelle Sainte-Casarie is a church.
Charterhouse Notre-Dame du Val de Bénédiction
Museum
Photo: Baldiri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charterhouse Notre-Dame du Val de Bénédiction is a museum, which is situated 280 metres west of Fort Saint-André.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and 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.
Avignon
Photo: Brateevsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Fort Saint-André
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Arrondissement of Nîmes, Gard, Occitanie, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.9662° or 43° 57′ 58″ northLongitude
4.80111° or 4° 48′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8FM6XR82+FCOpenStreetMap ID
way 88806649OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3078019
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Fort Saint-André” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Antic castell Fort Saint-André (Vilanova d’Avinyó)”
- Catalan: “Antic castell Fort Saint-André”
- Chinese: “圣安德肋城堡”
- Czech: “Fort Saint-André”
- French: “fort Saint-André”
- French: “Fort Saint-André”
- Italian: “Fort Saint-André”
- Italian: “Forte di Saint-André”
- Italian: “Forte Saint-André”
- Polish: “Fort Saint-André (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon)”
- Polish: “Fort Saint-André”
- Turkish: “Saint-André Kalesi, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon”
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