Avignon

We went to Avignon which is the capital city of where we are staying.  We went on an excursion and had to write about it after.  Here are some of the things I found out about in Avignon.

There used to be a bridge across the river - it is the Rhone river.  A long time ago the river flooded and washed away some of the bridge.  Part of it is still there and we went on it.  It is called the Pont d'Avignon (Pont is french for bridge) but used to be called Pont St Benezet.

The wall around the city is over 4 kms long and surrounds the whole city.  inside the wall is a palace for the Popes.  The Pope is the leader of the catholic church.  Popes live in Italy now in the Vatican but they used to live in Avignon, 9 popes lived there in the 1300s.

In the second world war Avignon was taken over by the Germans who invaded france, luckily they didn't destroy the city.

I liked Avignon there was lots to see and learn about.