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Avignon

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location_on Provence-alpes-cote Dazur, France
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About Avignon

Avignon is a commune in south-eastern France in the branch of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhone waterway. Avignon has countless and structures that are enrolled as verifiable landmarks. In the piece of the city inside the dividers the structures are old yet in many regions they have been reestablished or reconstructed. The structures along the principle road, Rue de la Republique, date from the Second Empire with Haussmann veneers and comforts around Place de l'Horloge, the neoclassical city corridor, and the venue region. A famous theatre festival is held yearly in Avignon. Established in 1947, the Avignon Festival includes customary dramatic occasions and also other works of art, for example, move, music, and silver screen, making great utilization of the town's chronicled landmarks.
Late spring around 100,000 individuals go to the celebration. There are extremely two celebrations that happen: the more formal "Celebration In", which presents plays inside the Palace of the Popes and the more bohemian "Celebration Off", which is known for its introduction of generally unfamiliar plays and road exhibitions. Avignon is celebrated by the French melody, "Sur le Pont d'Avignon", which depicts society moving. The melody dates from the mid-nineteenth century when Adolphe Adam included it in the Opera comique Le Sourd ou l'Auberge Pleine which was first performed in Paris in 1853. The musical show was an adjustment of the 1790 parody by Desforges.
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