Avignon

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city commune of France

Avignon is a historic city in southeastern France renowned for its medieval architecture, including the Palais des Papes, and its role as a former seat of the papacy.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Historic Centre of Avignon 4
Avignon Festival 1
Avignonnais 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
commune of France ⓘ
annexationYear 1791 ⓘ
annexedBy France ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demonym Avignon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Avignonnais

Avignonnaise ⓘ
departmentCode 84 ⓘ
festivalType theatre festival ⓘ
hasAirport Avignon – Provence Airport ⓘ
hasFestival Festival d’Avignon ⓘ
hasLandmark Avignon Cathedral ⓘ
Palais des Papes ⓘ
Avignon Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Pont Saint-Bénézet

Ramparts of Avignon ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Avignon TGV station ⓘ
Avignon-Centre station ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Avignon ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalEvent Avignon Papacy ⓘ
Western Schism ⓘ
historicalRegion Provence ⓘ
isPrefectureOf Vaucluse ⓘ
knownFor Avignon Bridge ⓘ
Avignon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Avignon Festival

Palais des Papes ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
Vaucluse ⓘ
Southern France ⓘ
surface form: southeastern France
locatedOn left bank of the Rhône River ⓘ
papalResidenceFrom 1309 ⓘ
papalResidenceUntil 1377 ⓘ
populationApprox 90000 ⓘ
postalCodeRange 84000 ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Vaucluse ⓘ
river Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Occitan ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1995 ⓘ
UNESCOListingIncludes Avignon Cathedral ⓘ
Avignon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon

Palais des Papes ⓘ
Avignon Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Pont d’Avignon
wasPapalTerritoryUntil 1791 ⓘ
wasSeatOf Avignon Papacy ⓘ
surface form: Papacy

Referenced by (45)

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

Avignon → UNESCOListingIncludes → Avignon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon
Comtat Venaissin → adjacentTo → Avignon ⓘ
Vaucluse → administrativeSeat → Avignon ⓘ
subject surface form: Vaucluse
Vaucluse → capital → Avignon ⓘ
Rhône River → cityOnRiver → Avignon ⓘ
Eurostar → connectsCity → Avignon ⓘ
Papal States → contains → Avignon ⓘ
subject surface form: Vaucluse
Vaucluse → contains → Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon
subject surface form: Vaucluse
John → deathPlace → Avignon ⓘ
subject surface form: John Stuart Mill
Avignon → demonym → Avignon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avignonnais
Durance River → flowsNear → Avignon ⓘ
Rhône River → flowsThrough → Avignon ⓘ
Colchester → hasTwinTown → Avignon ⓘ
Vaucluse → hasUNESCOSite → Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon
subject surface form: Vaucluse
this entity surface form: Historic Centre of Avignon
Avignon → knownFor → Avignon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avignon Festival
subject surface form: Pontificate of Innocent VI
Remoulins → locatedNear → Avignon ⓘ
Tarascon → locatedNear → Avignon ⓘ
Avignon Papacy → location → Avignon ⓘ
Western Schism → mainLocation → Avignon ⓘ
Rhône Valley → majorCity → Avignon ⓘ
Avignon Papacy → namedAfter → Avignon ⓘ
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence → near → Avignon ⓘ
Orange (France) → nearbyCity → Avignon ⓘ
Mill → placeOfDeath → Avignon ⓘ
subject surface form: John Stuart Mill
Pope John XXII → placeOfDeath → Avignon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papal court at Avignon
subject surface form: Vaucluse
subject surface form: Strasbourg