Avignon, discovery guide

a tour in Avignon

the Rocher des Doms garden in Avignon

Pope Palace square - Pope Palace - Petit palais - the Mint - Horloge square - the City Hall - the theatre - the rocher des Doms - Saint Bénézet bridge - the city walls - the Ceccano palace - Saint Didier church - the roi René street - the teinturiers street - Saint Pierre church - Notre Dame des doms cathedral - l'hôtel de Vervins - Banasterie street - Barthelasse island - Windows opened on Avignon Festival - Avignon's Green Wall

is feet in the river, the "Rocher des Doms" overhang the Rhône with a 30 meters high abrupt cliff. From the top, you can enjoy a wonderful wiew on the Avignon's surroundings : and the Saint André fort on the right side of the Rhône, the view beholds the Comtat Venaissin untill Châteauneuf du Pape, the Dentelles de Montmirail and the Mont Ventoux.

he Rocher des Doms is Avignon's cradle. It offers a shelter against the Rhône wrath. The place is inhabited permanently since the neolithic period.

uring the 19th century, an english garden was created on the rocky surface, as was caved inside a water tower to supply the city.

n the middle of the duck pond, the "Venus with swallow" is a creation of the sculptor Félix Charpentier, his work was judge a bit outrageous by many of his contemporaries.

his greeny garden is a popular walk for visitors and the inhabitants. You can get up there by foot or with a touristic train starting from the Pope's Palace square.

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