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  2. Avignon Papacy - Wikipedia

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    The Avignon Papacy (Occitan: Papat d'Avinhon; French: Papauté d'Avignon) was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (at the time within the Kingdom of Arles, part of the Holy Roman Empire, now part of France) rather than in Rome (now the capital of Italy). [1]

  3. Palais des Papes - Wikipedia

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    Entitled "Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines" (Exposition of contemporary painters and sculptors), it was the starting point for what would later become the Festival d'Avignon. [8] The courtyard of the Palais des Papes is a central performance location during the Festival d'Avignon, which is held every year in July. It is also ...

  4. Pont Saint-Bénézet - Wikipedia

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    The bridge was the inspiration for the song Sur le pont d'Avignon and is considered a landmark of the city. In 1995, the surviving arches of the bridge were classified as a World Heritage Site , together with the Palais des Papes , Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms , and other monuments from the historic centre of Avignon, because of its ...

  5. Antipope Clement VII - Wikipedia

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    Robert of Geneva (French: Robert de Genève; 1342 – 16 September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Clement VII (French: Clément VII) by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing in Avignon, France.

  6. Hôtel de Ville, Avignon - Wikipedia

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    In 1447, during the residency of Bishop Pierre de Foix, who was the papal legate in Avignon, [4] the town council acquired the apostolic palace from the Benedictines of the Convent of St. Laurence and converted it for municipal use. [5] [6] [7] A clock, equipped with colourful jacquemarts to strike the hour, was installed in the belfry in 1471. [2]

  7. Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon - Wikipedia

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    Della Rovere arrived in Avignon in 1474, having been made bishop of Avignon and papal legate of Avignon by his uncle Pope Sixtus IV. He added new south and west facades in Italian Renaissance style (with oculi , a west-facing door surmounted with a triangular pediment, window drip-moldings and his insignia facing south) and, in 1487, a tower ...

  8. History of Avignon - Wikipedia

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    The historical town centre bounded by its walls. Although the date of the Christianization of the city is not known with certainty, it is known that the first evangelizers and prelates were within the hagiographic tradition which is attested by the participation of Nectarius, the first historical Bishop of Avignon [e] on 29 November 439, in the regional council in the Cathedral of Riez ...

  9. Massacres of La Glacière - Wikipedia

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    The massacres of La Glacière that took place during 16–17 October 1791 in the Tour de la Glacière of the Palais des Papes at Avignon, then recently united to France, were an isolated and early example of violence in the opening phase of the French Revolution; the massacres are interpreted by French historians not as presaging the September ...