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Avignon from outside the City walls.
Our coach was in the coach park, which is quite close to the Pont d'Avignon.
I took a few shots of the walls near where the coaches are.
They are called The Ramparts.
One of the undeniable charms of Avignon is certainly the vast city walls which encircle it. Stendhal praised their autumn leaf colour, bright under the Provencal sun. These ramparts, which were built between 1352 and 1370, originally had twelve city gates. Only four still remain.
Generations of master-builders were involved in erecting this civil engineering structure which has been a constant work site throughout the history of Avignon.
In 1846, an engineer called Talabot, suggested that the railway could be installed along the walls with a station. Prosper Merimee strongly protested against this project which he called a "public misfortune" in a report to the Ministry. Fortunately the project was abandoned.
The ramparts were restored by Viollet-le-Duc in the second half of the 19th Century.
The city walls continue to the left, towards those cliffs.
Think there is a park up there.