Pont d’Avignon
bridge, Avignon, France
Also known as: Pont Saint-Bénézet, Saint-Bénézet Bridge
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Avignon
- In Avignon
Four arches of the famed Saint-Bénézet bridge (of the song “Sur le pont d’Avignon”) still reach out from the town, its Romanesque St. Nicholas Chapel still perched on the second pier. The Rhône currents had defied bridging until St. Bénézet and his disciples built the bridge in the late 12th…
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bridge construction
- In bridge: The Middle Ages
…of the period was the Saint-Bénézet Bridge at Avignon, France. Begun in 1177, part of it still stands today.
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construction by Saint Bénézet
- In St. Bénézet
…over the Rhône River at Avignon, France. He is the patron saint of bridge builders.
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