Avigon : World Heritage Site

Avigon is a village in southern France. It is the World Heritage Site and the City of Theater. Avignon's architecture is marked by Papal History. The town displays ancient culture and is full of history, life, youth, art, music and activity. In order to discover the town you should prefer walking the narrow streets inside the fortified walls, it has great shopping area.The Palace of the Popes built in the 14th century is the most popular sight in Avignon. The museums such as Petit Palais and Palais du Roure, are the famous places in Avignon.

The Avigon has ancient streets, the courtyards of the private mansions, the renovated facades which looks charming.One of the most elegant streets is the “Rue Joseph Vernet”, nearby to the “Calvet museum” and the “Requien Museum”. Avignon is big enough for people to wonder around and they may even find themselves being lost in the crowd.

The places you must not avoid seeing on the streets of Avigon are “Place de l'Horloge” A long square which is situated in front of the “Hotel de Ville”. It has a terrace cafes on the both sides and the "Belle Epoque carrousel “ at the top end. The streets at the top end of the Place d'Horloge lead to the Palace of the Popes.

The popular events and festival which takes place in Avigon are dance, music and theater. Among them theater plays an important role which was Started in 1947 by Jean Vilar, and it takes place every year between the10th of July and the 5th of August. It is an international festival with 120,000 spectators with all over France and Europe who comes to discover new talent or admire those actors already known.