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noun - a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River
A city of southeast France on the Rhone River.
AVIGNON - Avignon (French pronunciation: [avi']; Latin: Avenio; Provençal: Avig noun , Occitan: Avinhon pro noun ced [aviun]) is a commune in south-eastern France...
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| In September 1376, Gregory XI moved the papacy from this city back to Rome |
| In 1309 Clement V became the first pope to reside in this French town |
| The Papal Palace is a landmark in this capital of the Vaucluse Department |
| Due to the Great Schism of 1378, Pope Urban VI remained in Rome; rival pope Clement VII moved to this city |
| In 1309 Clement V moved the Papal residence to this French city, at that time a haven for heretics & criminals |
| Spend a year in Provence & you'll hit all the tourist sights, like this city's papal palace |
| This French city was home to the papacy from 1309 to 1377 |
| During the 14th century "Babylonian Captivity", this French city was seat of the papacy |
| This French city's Palace of the Popes was the center of Christianity for most of the 14th century |
| Beginning in 1378, the Great Schism saw rival popes in Rome & this French city |
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| A city on the Rhne in south-eastern France population 94,787 (2006). From 1309 until 1377 it was the residence of the popes during their exile from Rome, and was papal property until the French Revolution. |
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Avignon (French pronunciation: [avi']; Latin: Avenio; Provençal: Avignoun, Occitan: Avinhon pronounced [aviun]) is a commune in south-eastern France in the department of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 90,194 inhabitants of the city (as of 2011), about 12,000 live in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval ramparts. * Between 1309 and 1377, during the Avignon Papacy, seven successive popes resided in Avignon and in 1348 Pope Clement VI bought the town from Joanna I of Naples. Papal control persisted until 1791 when, during the French Revolution, it became part of France. The town is now the capital of the Vaucluse department and one of the few French cities to have preserved its ramparts. * The historic centre, which includes the Palais des Papes, the cathedral, and the Pont d'Avignon, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The medieval monuments and the annual Festival d'Avignon have helped to make the town a major centre for tourism. * The commune has b |