Avignon

Avignon has 90 thousand residents¹ and is located on the left bank of the Rhône River in Vaucluse Department, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (Provence-Alps-Azure Coast) Region, France. UNESCO honors some of its medieval buildings: the Palais des Papes (Papal Palace),² the Cathedral of Notre-Deames-des-Doms, the Petits Palais (Little Palace) and the remains of the Pont (Bridge) Saint-Bénézet, better known--especially in song--as the Pont d'Avignon.³ The tallest modern buildings are five 13 story residential towers.⁴

External references

Pont (Bridge) Saint-Bénézet, Avignon, Vaucluse Department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Provence-Alps-Azure Coast) Region, France

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2010 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communes_in_France_with_over_20,000_inhabitants, accessed 2/8/2015.
2. Also a tourist attraction (http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-france/, accessed 2/9/2015).
3. Information about the monuments comes from UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010).
4. Emporis.com, accessed 6/29/2015. The addresses are 2 Avenue Elsa Triolet, and 2, 3, 5 and 7 Avenue Richelieu.