View allAll Photos Tagged AVIGNON
When Pope Innocent VI was still a cardinal, he owned an hôtel particulier and land in Villeneuve lès Avignon. After elected pope in 1352, he donated it to the Carthusian order. The monastery comprises one church, three cloisters, and 40 cells, making it the largest Carthusian monastery in France.
Per dare il senso di "vissuto" ho inserito un effetto seppia, le finestre cieche affrescate producono tanto "effetto vita".
Mi immagino quel proprietario dell'alloggio che, stanco di avere una finestra cieca, ha realizzato una piccola apertura: tanto, avrà pensato, il suo personaggio continua nella metà inferiore..
When Pope Innocent VI was still a cardinal, he owned an hôtel particulier and land in Villeneuve lès Avignon. After elected pope in 1352, he donated it to the Carthusian order. The monastery comprises one church, three cloisters, and 40 cells, making it the largest Carthusian monastery in France.
The Pont Saint-Bénezet, also known as the Pont d'Avignon, is a famous medieval bridge in the town of Avignon, in southern France. The bridge originally spanned the Rhône River between Avignon and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon on the left bank. It was built between 1171 and 1185, with an original length of some 900 m (2950 ft), but it suffered frequent collapses during floods and had to be reconstructed several times. Over the centuries, it became increasingly perilous as arches collapsed and were replaced by rickety wooden sections.
The bridge was finally put out of use by a catastrophic flood in 1668, which swept away much of the structure. It was subsequently abandoned and no more attempts were made to repair it. Since then, its surviving arches have successively collapsed or been demolished, and only four of the initial 22 arches remain intact today.
The bridge has achieved worldwide fame through its commemoration by the song "Sur le pont d'Avignon" ("On the bridge of Avignon"), the lyrics of which are as follows:
"Sur le pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse, l'on y danse
Sur le pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse tous en rond
Les beaux messieurs font comm' ça
Et puis encore comm' ça
Sur le pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse, l'on y danse
Sur le pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse tous en rond
Les bell' dames font comm' ça
Et puis encore comm' ça
Sur le pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse, l'on y danse, etc..."
The song was originally composed by the 16th century composer Pierre Certon, though with a very different melody from its present version and under the more accurate title of "Sus le Pont d'Avignon". The modern version only dates from the mid-19th century, when Adolphe Adam included it in an 1853 operetta entitled l'Auberge Pleine. It was popularised by an 1876 operetta which renamed the song, as currently, "Sur le Pont d'Avignon."