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Photo TidbitsAvignon France By Jim and Emmy Humberd In the late 1200s, Pope Clément V, a Frenchman, got tired of all the local wars in Italy so moved to Avignon, and the popes were here until they moved back to Rome in 1377. Avignon is surrounded by battlemented walls with machicolated towers, and the Pope's palace, situated high on a rock base, was constructed to produce an impression of massive impregnability. It provides more than an impression, it's a fact. Avignon's Municipal Campsite is on the island in the middle of the Rhône River (from where this photo was taken). The spectacle, as seen from our campsite, with the old bridge, the city wall, and the Palace illuminated by floodlights, might just be one of the more spectacular sights of a vacation trip. No hotel has this view. Books by Jim and Emmy Humberd: Hotels in Avignon
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