Avignon in a sentence

Also during his reign, in 1348, the Avignon papacy bought the city of Avignon from the Angevins.

Avignon papacy main Milestone delineating the limit of the Papal State and the Comtat Venaissin Palais des papes and the city of Avignon, by the Boucicaut Master at the beginning of the 15th century.

Avignon's survival as a papal enclave was, however, somewhat precarious, as the French crown maintained a large standing garrison at Villeneuve-lès-Avignon just across the river.

In November 1898 the tramway network of the Compagnie des Tramways Électriques d'Avignon (Electric Tramways Company of Avignon) was opened to replace the old company of horse-drawn transport.

In this schism, the papacy had returned to Rome from Avignon, but an antipope was installed in Avignon, as if to extend the papacy there.

Some Avignon people still use the term "Empire Land" to describe the Avignon side, and "Kingdom Land" to designate the Villeneuve side to the west which was in the possession of the King of France.

The Roman name Avennĭo Cavarum (Mela, II, 575, Pliny III, 36), i.e. "Avignon of Cavares" accurately shows that Avignon was one of the three cities of the Celtic-Ligurian tribe of Cavares, along with Cavaillon and Orange.

This is seen most clearly in the Avignon Papacy when the popes moved from Rome to Avignon.

A highlight of the current selection of works is a 1958 tapestry version of Picasso’s groundbreaking 1907 painting “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon,” woven by Jacqueline Dürrbach.

The husband is alleged to have used the drug Lorazepam to sedate his wife by mixing it into her meal, before inviting men to have sex with her while she was unconscious at their home in Mazan, near Avignon.

There are no studies in this show for Picasso’s breakthrough 1907 painting, “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” but the mask-like face and faceted depiction of the figure in this 25¼-inch-tall drawing two years later certainly echo that celebrated work.

Blandine Deverlanges, a teacher and founder of the local feminist group Amazons of Avignon, says the Pelicot trial is already encouraging other rape and sexual assault victims to speak out.

Farm worker Rodriguez told the court in Avignon that he was an 'alcoholic since 14 and a regular user of cocaine' and admits having sex with Mrs Pelicot but denies rape.

For me, the list includes the beach at Tayinloan at sunrise, a cobbled lane in the French city of Avignon on a warm afternoon, and the Italian volcano Stromboli erupting in the dead of night.

Is it as daunting as having a second pope at Avignon?

Meanwhile, Avignon's Benoît Paire was eliminated on Tuesday in three sets 7-6 4-6 7-5 by Japanese player Taro Daniel in the first round of a Challenger tournament in Seoul as the French player sparked into a rage.

The 'Monster of Avignon' stunned the courtroom in his closely watched trial today as he admitted to drugging his wife and allowing multiple strangers to rape her.

The reporters spent the past four months returning regularly to Avignon, France, to cover the trial.

The trial began on Sept. 2 in the southern French town of Avignon, and a verdict is due on Dec. 20 this year.

Tiago Rodrigues said the Avignon Festival, which he leads, would become “a festival of resistance,” juggling activism with the premiere of a new play.