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An old street in Avignon, France.

Jour de fête

Pose is from Mon coeur en poses and it is called 'Strolling'

 

Shot taken in a backdrop from Tropix called 'Avignon Streets' at Blue Galaxy Sandbox

Long Exposure Panorama during the Blue Hour of the Pont d'Avignon, the river Rhone and the Papal Palace.

The bridge of Avignon with behind it the Palais des Papes or Papal palace. With a ND filter and long exposure I managed to get rid of the dense traffic on the road in front of these beautiful medieval buildings.

The Pont Saint-Bénézet (French pronunciation: ​[pɔ̃ sɛ̃ benezɛ]), also known as the Pont d'Avignon (IPA: [pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃]), is a famous medieval bridge in the town of Avignon, in southern France.

 

A bridge spanning the Rhône between Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Avignon was built between 1177 and 1185. This early bridge was destroyed forty years later during the Albigensian Crusade when Louis VIII of France laid siege to Avignon. The bridge was rebuilt with 22 stone arches. It was very costly to maintain as the arches tended to collapse when the Rhône flooded. Eventually in the middle of the 17th century the bridge was abandoned. The four surviving arches on the bank of the Rhône are believed to have been built in around 1345 by Pope Clement VI during the Avignon Papacy. The Chapel of Saint Nicholas sits on the second pier of the bridge. It was constructed in the second half of 12th century but has since been substantially altered. The western terminal, the Tour Philippe-le-Bel, is also preserved.

 

El puente de Aviñón (en francés, Pont d'Avignon), también conocido como el Pont St-Bénézet, es un famoso puente medieval sobre el río Ródano; cruzaba desde la ciudad de Aviñón hasta Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, todo ello en el sur de Francia. Forma parte del Patrimonio de la Humanidad desde el año 1995, junto con el Palacio de los Papas, la catedral y Petit Palais, además de las antiguas murallas de la ciudad. Representa el desarrollo técnico alcanzado en el siglo XII, y es conocido también por una famosa canción francesa Sur le pont d'Avignon. source Wikipédia

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RM302729 LuminarNeo Chateau d'Avignon

Avignon / Provence / France

 

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Most are aware of the famous bridge and Popes' palace at Avignon but few realise there is a medieval wall around it.

Avignon, de l'ile de la Barthelasse, le pont Saint-Bénezet et le Palais de Papes, Provence,Vaucluse, France.

Avignon TGV train station.

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This is just outside the papal palace on the crest of this plateau town.

 

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