Pont Saint-Bénezet

Avignon, France

It is a ruined bridge not far from the Palais des Papes. The bridge was built in the Middle Ages — before the arrival of the Papacy — perhaps partly to allow the local bishop to cross the river to Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, where the church authorities had installed themselves because of Avignon's then

-infamous dirt and lawlessness.

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Nearby

Musée du Petit Palais art_museum · 0.1 km away
Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918, dit aussi Monument aux morts du jardin des Doms, situé montée des Moulins, jardin du rocher des Doms monumenti · 0.2 km away
Palazzo dei Papi palace · 0.3 km away
Palais des Papes monumenti · 0.3 km away
Hôtel de Monery ou de Saint-Priest monumenti · 0.3 km away
Immeuble ou ancienne Comédie monumenti · 0.3 km away
Opéra d'Avignon opera_house · 0.4 km away
chiesa di Santa Chiara theatre · 0.4 km away