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Palais des Papes
}04 90 27 50 00; www.avignon-tourisme.com
This giant Gothic palace was built at the height of the Catholic Church’s power, when Pope Clement V decided the Vatican…
Pont d’Avignon
Port du Rhone
}04 90 27 51 16
Step aside Palin; the Pont d’Avignon is literally a bridge to nowhere. Stopping half-way across the river Rhone, this br…
Musée du Petit Palais
pl. du Palais des Papes
}04 90 86 44 58; www.petitpalais.com
The Musée du Petit Palais starts out slow, with your run of the mill exhibits of 13th-century paintings of saints on woo…