Avignon (fr. Avignon), southern town of France (in the region Azure Prowansja-Alpy-Wybrzeże, at the Vaucluse department), at the foot of the picturesque calcareous hill, on the Rodanu left bank, at walking the Durance river to him.
In Roman times in the current city an Avenio settlement existed. The city was in the period of the Middle Ages in Prowansji made independent of France. It constituted the important retail centre in the Rodanu valley.
For year 1309 Avignon became the residence of the Popes. Together with surrounding soil he belonged to the kingdom of Sicily (Andegavenian dynasty). In years 1378 - 1408 in Avignon resided antypapieże. In year 1348 the Pope VI Klemens bought this estate from Joanna's queen and Sicilian behind 80 tys. of zlotys of guilders and she was in hands of the papacy till the year 1791, when during troubled times of the French Revolution she stayed included in France.
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