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77ème StetchCrawl et Rencontre USK Avignon
Avec Urban Sketchers Languedoc-Roussillon et On dessine AVIGNON et la Provence Rhodanienne
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The Grand Opera cum Theatre in Avignon. The building (of the 1840s) is flanked on the left (and subject of this image) by the tragedist Pierre Corneille, on the right by Moliere. The connection is made to a time before the Revolution, as if the years from 1789 to 1815 had not happened.
Avignon is commemorated by the French children's song, "Sur le pont d'Avignon" ("On the bridge of Avignon"), which describes folk dancing. The bridge of the song is the Saint Bénézet bridge, over the Rhône River, of which only four arches (out of the initial 22) remain which start from the Avignon side of the river. In fact people would have danced beneath the bridge (sous le pont) where it crossed an island (Île de Barthelasse) on its way to Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. The bridge was initially 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 rebuilt several times. Several arches were already missing (and spanned by wooden sections) before the remainder were destroyed in 1660.
77ème StetchCrawl et Rencontre USK Avignon
Avec Urban Sketchers Languedoc-Roussillon et On dessine AVIGNON et la Provence Rhodanienne
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In addition to the Palais des Papes, you can also visit the Pont d'Avignon, also known as the Pont Saint-Benezet, supposedly, one of the "most famous monuments in the world."
One of the key tourist attractions in Avignon is the Pont Saint-Benezet. This bridge now only has four remaining spans, however when completed it totalled twenty two spans across the Rhone. This section was financed by Pope Clement V1 around the mid fourteenth century during a period when nine successive popes made Avignon their home before returning to the Vatican. The large illuminated building in the top right corner is the Palais du Papes.