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Avignon is bordered by the Rhone River in the Vaucluse, Provence and called the “City of Popes” as it was home to the papacy for nearly 70 years. Avignon is well known for its well preserved UNESCO listed ancient town enclosed by medieval ramparts. The popes controlled the city until the French Revolution when it became part of France again. The historic center includes the Pont Saint Benezet otherwise known as the Avignon Bridge, the Palais des Papes and Notre Dame des Doms and remparts all of which became UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1995.

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Avignon is bordered by the Rhone River in the Vaucluse, Provence and called the “City of Popes” as it was home to the papacy for nearly 70 years. Avignon is well known for its well preserved UNESCO listed ancient town enclosed by medieval ramparts. The popes controlled the city until the French Revolution when it became part of France again. The historic center includes the Pont Saint Benezet otherwise known as the Avignon Bridge, the Palais des Papes and Notre Dame des Doms and remparts all of which became UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1995.