Pont Saint Bénézet - Pont d'Avignon

Classified World Heritage by UNESCO. Built in the twelfth century, the Pont d'Avignon is the oldest structure built on the Rhône between Lyon and the sea. Destroyed in 1226 then rebuilt, in the thirteenth century, it was abandoned in the seventeenth. Audio-guided visit of the chapels and the 4 remaining arches to discover an essential page of Avignon's history and learn the origin of its song that went round the world.

Avignon, "city of the popes", lies at the confluence of the Rhône and the Durance, prefecture of the Vaucluse. The Pont Saint-Bénézet, famous through the song, juts out onto the Rhône, at the foot of the Palace of the Popes and the town ramparts.

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