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Avignon, a strategic site in the Rhone valley, owes its origine to the Doms rock. With the arrival of the popes in the 14th Century, the city became a second Rome. It was enriched by art ine the 17th and 18th Centuries, and it remained papal property up to the French revolution.
Stroll the shopping streets in the pedestrian area, Joseph Vernet and St Agricol streets, the district of la Balance and the large Republic avenue. in addition to the large variety of well stocked luxury shops, you will find Provencal materails, ceramics and pottery, terra cotta figurines (santons), handicrafts, and other specialities of the region. ... read gay Avignon and surroundings guide