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Pont du Gard
L'Opera theatre (19C)
Entrance to the roadway and bridge
Walls (Avignon, France)City Walls
Approaching Avignon, the first thing you see as you enter the city perimeters from the south are the walls and towers that seem to rise up from a country covered with olives. The exterior of these magnificent walls, begun by Innocent VI (1352-1362) and finished by Urban V (1362-1370). In the fourteenth century, there were seven gates, two others have been added. One of the scariest things was the coach I was in trying to manoeuvre through one of the very small arches at a very sharp right angle. Our driver had to be commended, he knew exactly what he was doing but we all held our breath until he had us safely through.
