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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region - France

Avignon

Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city (as of 1 January 2010), about 12,000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts. Often referred to as the "City of Popes" because of the presence of popes and antipopes from 1309 to 1423 during the Catholic schism, it is currently the largest city and capital of the département of Vaucluse.

Located at 43.95, 4.83333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Avignon, Communes of Vaucluse, Cities in France, Prefectures in France, European Capitals of Culture, World Heritage Sites in France

Palais des Papes

The Palais des Papes (lo Palais dei Papas in Occitan) is a historical palace in Avignon, southern France, one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. One time fortress and palace, the papal residence was the seat of Western Christianity during the 14th century.

Located at 43.9508, 4.8075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Pont Saint-Bénezet

The Pont Saint-Bénezet, also known as the Pont d'Avignon, is a famous medieval bridge in the town of Avignon, in southern France.

Located at 43.9539, 4.805 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Glanum

Glanum was an oppidum, or fortified town in present day Provence, founded by a Celto-Ligurian people called the Salyens in the 6th century BCE. It became officially a Roman city in 27 BCE and was abandoned in 260 AD. It is located on the flanks of the Alpilles, a range of mountains in the Bouches-du-Rhône département, about 20 km south of the modern city of Avignon, and a kilometre south of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.

Located at 43.7739, 4.8325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Montfavet

Montfavet is a village of southern France, part of the commune of Avignon, in the Vaucluse département. In southern France, the village is well known for the psychiatric hospital, "Centre hospitalier de Montfavet" located on the Mont de Vergues. Camille Claudel was a patient in this hospital. Georges-Ernest Roux (1903-1981), a postman who lived in Montfavet, founded the Universal Christian Church, claimed to be Jesus, and was famous under the name "Christ of Montfavet".

Located at 43.9356, 4.87361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Avignon

Durance

The Durance is a major river in south-eastern France. Its source is in the south-western Alps, in Montgenèvre ski resort near Briançon and it flows south-west through the following départements and cities: Hautes-Alpes: Briançon, Embrun. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: Sisteron, Manosque. Vaucluse: Cavaillon, Avignon. Bouches-du-Rhône. The Durance's main tributaries are the Bléone and Verdon rivers. The Durance itself is a tributary of the Rhone River and flows into the Rhone near Avignon.

Located at 43.9225, 4.74306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Roquemaure, Gard

Roquemaure is a commune in the department of Gard in southern France. The small town is located 12 km north of Avignon on the right bank of the Rhone. The town was the site of a royal castle during the medieval period but it was dismantled after the Revolution and only two towers now remain. In the 18th century Roquemaure was the centre of attempts to regulate the production of wine in the area and the term "Côte du Rhône" was coined.

Located at 44.0208, 4.73722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Communes of Gard

Ouvèze

The Ouvèze is river in southern France, left tributary of the Rhône. It rises in the southern French Prealps, in the commune of Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze. It flows into the Rhône in Sorgues, north of Avignon. The Ouvèze passes through the following départements and towns: Drôme: Buis-les-Baronnies, Mollans-sur-Ouvèze Vaucluse: Vaison-la-Romaine, Bédarrides, Sorgues

Located at 43.9897, 4.8525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Rivers of France, Geography of Drôme, Rivers of Vaucluse, Rivers of Rhône-Alpes

Avignon Cathedral

Avignon Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d'Avignon) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in Avignon, above the Palais des Papes. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Avignon. The cathedral is a Romanesque building, mainly of the 12th century, the most prominent feature of which is the gilded statue of the Virgin Mary which surmounts the western tower.

Located at 43.9508, 4.81333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Cavaillon Cathedral

Cavaillon Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Véran de Cavaillon) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Cavaillon, Vaucluse. Until the French Revolution it was the seat of the Bishop of Cavaillon. The see was abolished by the Concordat of 1801 and added to the Diocese of Avignon.

Located at 43.8361, 5.03639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Former cathedrals in France, Churches in Vaucluse

University of Avignon

The University of Avignon is a French university, based in Avignon. It is under the Academy of Aix and Marseille.

Located at 43.95, 4.81806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Notre-Dame-du-Lac Church

Notre-Dame-du-Lac is a 12th century Romanesque church in the town of Le Thor in Provence, France. Notre-Dame-du-Lac is listed as a monument historique since 1840.

Located at 43.9297, 4.99472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Musée Requien

Musée Requien or Museum Requien is a natural history museum in Avignon, France. Some of Jean Henri Fabre's work is displayed here.

Located at 43.9467, 4.80361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Fondation Calvet

La Fondation Calvet is an art foundation in Avignon, France, named for Esprit Calvet, who left his collections and library to it in 1810. The foundation maintains a museum and a library, with state support. The original legacies of paintings, archaeological items, coins and medals, and medieval sculpture have been added to by many other legacies, and a significant deposit of works of art from the Louvre.

Located at 43.9469, 4.80333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Avignon is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church, in France. The diocese exercises jurisdiction over the territory embraced by the department of Vaucluse, in the Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The current archbishop is Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz, who was appointed in 2002.

Located at 43.95, 4.83333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Roman Catholic dioceses in France, Roman Catholic archbishops by diocese, Avignon Papacy

Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon

The Musée du Petit Palais is a museum and art gallery in Avignon, southern France. It opened in 1976 and has an exceptional collection of Renaissance paintings of the Avignon school as well as from Italy, which reunites many "primitives" from the collection of Giampietro Campana. It is housed in a 14th century building at the north side of the square overlooked by the Palais des Papes.

Located at 43.9526, 4.80639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Gare d'Avignon TGV

Gare d'Avignon TGV is a railway station built on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed train line in South-eastern France. It is located a few kilometres south of Avignon town centre. Avignon itself is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. This station has two platforms with two through lines. This allows trains not stopping at Avignon to pass through at full speed, but away from passenger platforms.

Located at 43.9217, 4.78583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Avignon, Railway stations in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Railway stations opened in 2001

Frigolet Abbey

Frigolet Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Michel de Frigolet) is a Premonstratensian monastery, originally Benedictine, in southern France. It is located in the territory of the commune of Tarascon, in the region of the Montagnette, the parishes of which are served by the canons of the monastery.

Located at 43.8583, 4.7276 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Sorgue

The Sorgue is a river in southeastern France, lying between the foothills of the Alps and the river Rhone. Its source is at the town of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse and is the biggest spring in France and the fifth biggest in the world.

Located at 43.9667, 5 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Rivers of France

Gare d'Avignon-Centre

The Gare d'Avignon-Centre (Avignon Central railway station) is a railway station serving the city of Avignon, in Vaucluse, France. It is situated on the Paris–Marseille railway.

Located at 43.9417, 4.805 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Jardin de l'alchimiste

The Jardin de l'alchimiste is a private contemporary garden in the town of Eygalières, in the Bouches-du-Rhône Department of France. It is classified by the French Ministry of Culture as one of the Notable Gardens of France. The garden was created in 1997 by two landscape architects, Arnaud Maurières and Eric Ossart. It begins with a labyrinth, and it is a philosophical essay in the form of a garden, representing physical and intellectual development, and the development of the senses.

Located at 43.7723, 4.946 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Provence, Gardens in Bouches-du-Rhône

Château de Brantes

The Château de Brantes is an 18th century manor house with a contemporary garden inspired by the gardens of Tuscany, located in the town of Sorgues in the Vaucluse Department of France. The gardens are classified by the French Ministry of Culture among the Notable Gardens of France.

Located at 44.0005, 4.8773 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Gardens in Vaucluse

Parc des Sports (Avignon)

Parc des Sports is a multi-purpose stadium in Avignon, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Ligue 2 club, AC Arles-Avignon. The capacity of the stadium is 17,518 spectators. 2013 Rugby League World Cup On Friday 1 November 2013, the stadium will host France's home game with New Zealand.

Located at 43.9283, 4.845 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Glanum Dam

The Glanum Dam, also known as the Vallon de Baume dam, was a Roman arch dam built to supply water to the Roman town of Glanum, the remains of which stand outside the town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in south-west France. It was situated south of Glanum, in a gorge that cut into the hills of Les Alpilles in the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. Dating to the 1st century BC, it was the earliest known dam of its kind.

Located at 43.7714, 4.82889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Pont de Bonpas

The pont de Bonpas is a bridge over the Durance river, linking the south of Vaucluse to the north of Bouches-du-Rhône.

Located at 43.895, 4.92472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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