Avignon (/ˈævɪnjɒ̃/, US also /ˌævɪnˈjoʊn/, French: [aviɲɔ̃] ; Provençal: Avinhon (Classical norm) or Avignoun (Mistralian norm), IPA: [aviˈɲun]; Latin:...
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The Avignon Papacy (French: Papauté d'Avignon) was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (at the time within...
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The following is a history of Avignon, France. The site of Avignon has been occupied since the Neolithic period as shown by excavations at Rocher des Doms...
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Avignon Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d'Avignon) is a Roman Catholic church located next to the Palais des Papes in Avignon, France...
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a timeline of the history of the city of Avignon in southern France. 4th–5th century AD - Diocese of Avignon established. 500 - Frankish regulus, Clovis...
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Persian berry (redirect from Avignon berry)
Persian berry, also called Avignon berry or French berry, is the fruit of the Avignon buckthorn (Rhamnus saxatilis), a species of buckthorn, used for dyeing...
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (redirect from The Young Ladies of Avignon)
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon, originally titled The Brothel of Avignon) is a large oil painting created in 1907 by the Spanish...
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Palais des Papes (redirect from Papal Palace, Avignon)
Papes (English: Palace of the Popes; lo Palais dei Papas in Occitan) in Avignon, Southern France, is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic...
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Avignon TGV (IATA: XZN) is a railway station located in Avignon, France. It was opened on 10 June 2001 and is located on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed...
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Avignon Provence Airport (French: Aéroport Avignon Provence, IATA: AVN, ICAO: LFMV) is an airport located in the city of Avignon and 4 kilometres (2 mi)...
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Western Schism (category Avignon Papacy)
allegiances, with the Avignon Papacy in particular being closely tied to the French monarchy. The papacy had resided in Avignon since 1309, but Pope Gregory...
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The walls of Avignon (French: Les Remparts d'Avignon) are a series of defensive stone walls that surround the city of Avignon in the south of France. They...
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Pope Clement V (redirect from Clement V of Avignon)
by birth, Clement moved the Papacy from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as the Avignon Papacy. Raymond Bertrand was born in Vilandraut,...
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Enguerrand Quarton (redirect from Avignon Pietá)
to him the famous Avignon Pietà. His two documented works are the remarkable Coronation of the Virgin (1453–54, Villeneuve-les-Avignon) and The Virgin of...
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Entente Sportive Avignon Basket is a French former basketball club that was based in Avignon. Thereafter, it became the Athletic Union Avignon-Le Pontet Basket...
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The arrondissement of Avignon is an arrondissement of France in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 17 communes....
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Saint Magnus of Avignon (French: Saint Magne) (died 660) was a bishop and governor of Avignon, his native city. He was a Gallo-Roman senator. A widower...
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Saint Agricola (Agricol, Agricolus) of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700) was a bishop of Avignon. According to tradition, Agricola ("farmer") was the son of Saint...
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The siege of Avignon was contested in 737. Invading Frankish forces engaged with the Umayyad garrison of Avignon in what is now the province of Region...
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Siege of Avignon may refer to: Siege of Avignon (500) [fr], during Clovis I's war with the Burgundians Siege of Avignon (567), during a Frankish civil...
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Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (French pronunciation: [vil'nœv lez‿avi'ɲɔ̃]; Provençal: Vilanòva d’Avinhon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France...
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Pont Saint-Bénézet (redirect from Avignon bridge)
town of Avignon, in southern France. Only four arches survive. A wooden bridge spanning the Rhône between Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Avignon was built...
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Antipope Benedict XIII (redirect from Avignon Pope Benedict XIII)
Rome with Pope Gregory, who had been persuaded to leave his papal base at Avignon. After Gregory's death on 27 March 1378, the people of Rome feared that...
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The Archdiocese of Avignon (Latin: Archidioecesis Avenionensis; French: Archidiocèse d'Avignon) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France...
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Papal States (section Avignon Papacy)
independent. From 1305 to 1378, the popes lived in the papal enclave of Avignon, surrounded by Provence and under the influence of the French kings. This...
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Antipope Clement VIII (redirect from Clement VIII of Avignon)
Carbón (1369/70 – 28 December 1445/46), was one of the antipopes of the Avignon obedience, reigning from 10 June 1423 to 26 July 1429. When King Alfonso...
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Avignon University (French: Avignon Université; formerly known as Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse) is a public university located in Avignon...
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addition of the following adjacent areas: the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin; the former Sardinian-Piedmontese County of...
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape (section Avignon popes)
for Pope John XXII, the second of the popes to reside in Avignon. None of the subsequent Avignon popes stayed in Châteauneuf but after the schism of 1378...
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Sur le Pont d'Avignon (redirect from On the Bridge of Avignon)
le pont d'Avignon" (pronounced [syʁ lə pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃]) ("On the Bridge of Avignon") is a French song about a dance performed on the Pont d'Avignon (officially...
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