Avignon Bridge

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arch bridge cultural heritage site medieval bridge tourist attraction

The Avignon Bridge, formally known as Pont Saint-Bénézet, is a famous medieval bridge in Avignon, France, renowned for its partial remains spanning the Rhône River and its association with the French song "Sur le pont d’Avignon."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pont Saint-Bénézet	4
Pont d’Avignon	3
Avignon Bridge canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arch bridge ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ medieval bridge ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Romanesque ⓘ
associatedWork	French song "Sur le pont d’Avignon" ⓘ
category	Bridges in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ Stone arch bridges in France ⓘ
constructionEnd	12th century ⓘ
constructionStart	12th century ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
crosses	Rhône River ⓘ
crossesBranchOf	main channel of the Rhône River ⓘ
currentNumberOfArches	4 ⓘ
currentUse	pedestrian bridge ⓘ
damageCause	repeated Rhône River floods ⓘ
elevation	low-level river crossing ⓘ
era	Middle Ages ⓘ
function	river crossing ⓘ
hasChapel	Saint Nicholas Chapel ⓘ
hasLegend	built by shepherd Bénézet after divine vision ⓘ
hasTouristFacility	audio guide route ⓘ visitor center ⓘ
hasViewOf	Rhône River ⓘ Île de la Barthelasse ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationSince	1995 ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
locatedInCity	Avignon ⓘ
locatedInDepartment	Vaucluse ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
locatedNear	Ramparts of Avignon ⓘ surface form: Avignon city walls Palais des Papes ⓘ
maintenanceAuthority	Avignon ⓘ surface form: City of Avignon
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Bénézet ⓘ
nearbyCity	Villeneuve-lès-Avignon ⓘ
notableFor	association with the song "Sur le pont d’Avignon" ⓘ partial remains in the Rhône River ⓘ
officialName	Avignon Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pont Saint-Bénézet
originalNumberOfArches	22 ⓘ
owner	Commune of Avignon ⓘ
partOf	Ramparts of Avignon ⓘ surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon
partOfRoute	historic Rhône valley route ⓘ
regionHistorically	Comtat Venaissin ⓘ
status	partially preserved ⓘ
tourism	major visitor attraction in Avignon ⓘ
traffic	closed to vehicular traffic ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria	cultural ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avignon → knownFor → Avignon Bridge ⓘ

Avignon → UNESCOListingIncludes → Avignon Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont d’Avignon

Avignon → hasLandmark → Avignon Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont Saint-Bénézet

Palais des Papes → nearby → Avignon Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont Saint-Bénézet

Ramparts of Avignon → nearby → Avignon Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont Saint-Bénézet

Avignon TGV station → nearbyTouristDestination → Avignon Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont d’Avignon

Avignon Bridge → officialName → Avignon Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont Saint-Bénézet

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon → near → Avignon Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont d’Avignon