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    The Pont Saint-Bénézet (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃ benezɛ]; Provençal: Pònt de Sant Beneset), also known as the Pont d'Avignon (IPA: [pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃])...
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    Bénézet (also Benedict, Benezet, Benet, Benoît; c. 1163 – 1184) is a saint of the Catholic Church. Christian tradition states that he was a shepherd boy...
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  • Saint-Bénézet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ benezɛ]; Provençal: Sent Beneset) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Communes of the Gard...
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  • The name Benezet or the accented Bénézet may refer to: Saint Benezet (c. 1163 – 1184), medieval saint Anthony Benezet (1713–1784), Quaker educationalist...
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    under the direction of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Bridges include: The Pont Saint-Bénézet, better known as the Pont d'Avignon and for the French song Sur le pont...
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    nineteenth century. Benezet advocated for kind treatment of animals, racial equality and universal love. Antoine was born in Saint-Quentin, France, to...
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    song about a dance performed on the Pont d'Avignon (officially Pont Saint-Bénézet) that dates back to the 15th century. The dance actually took place...
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    Saint-Bénézet, better known as the Bridge of Avignon. Three arches of the original bridge survive, along with the Romanesque chapel of Saint-Bénézet,...
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  • (1841–1914) Our Founder: Fr. Benedict Menni Benedict XVI on Saint Benedict of Norcia St. Benezet — Catholic Online Solenne canonizzazione del beato Benildo...
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    tower in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon which marked the French terminus of the Saint-Bénézet Bridge across the Rhone between the Kingdom of France and Papal territory...
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    become Mayor of Orange. He was replaced by Marie-France Lorho. Pont Saint-Bénezet in Avignon Brantes Triumphal Arch of Orange Dentelles de Montmirail...
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    which remain unfinished and unconnected to the road network. Pont Saint-Bénézet in Avignon over the Rhône river. Several arches were broken by flood...
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    Pont Saint-Bénézet which lay less than kilometer from the abbey. In 1309, Pope Clement V moved the papacy from Rome to Avignon. The fortress of Saint-André...
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  • Paris Saint Nicolas Church, Toulouse Saint Nicholas Church, Strasbourg Saint Nicholas Chapel, on the Pont Saint-Bénézet, Avignon St. Nicholas Church, Berlin...
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    became very prosperous. A bridge was built across the Rhône, the Pont Saint-Bénézet whose construction is traditionally dated to between 1177 and 1185....
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    Cathédrale de Saint-Denis, 1996. Saint-Denis Cathedral Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou, 1996...
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    road lined with plane trees Flamingos in the Camargue Sisteron Pont Saint-Bénézet at sunset Croix de Provence on Mount Sainte-Victoire Occitania Bastide...
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    Marc-Antoine; et al. (2013). "Géoarchéologie du Rhône dans le secteur du pont Saint-Bénézet (Avignon, Provence, France) au cours de la seconde moitié du deuxième...
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  • d'Avignon, or Pont Saint-Bénézet Avignon 43°57′14″N 4°48′18″E / 43.95389°N 4.80500°E / 43.95389; 4.80500 (Pont d'Avignon / Pont Saint-Bénézet) Rhône Built...
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    Pont-Saint-Esprit (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃.t‿ɛspʁi], literally "Holy Spirit Bridge"; Occitan: Lo Pònt Sant Esperit) is a commune in the Gard département...
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    of Forcalquier and Alfonso Jordan (Count of Toulouse). 1185 - Pont Saint-Bénézet (bridge) completed (traditional date). c. 1220 - a second set of city...
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    Other fine examples of still extant medieval bridges are the Pont Saint-Bénezet or Pont d'Avignon, Pont Valentré and Pont d'Orthez, all in France, as...
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    Saint-Gilles (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒil]; Provençal: Sant Geli; English: St. Giles) or Saint-Gilles-du-Gard is a commune in the Gard department in...
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    ou La Peau de la panthère, 1926 Jardin du musée Calvet, 1927 Le Pont Saint-Bénezet aux galets, 1927–1928 Le Chemin à Villeneuve, 1928 Rue Pente-Rapide...
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    several regional destinations. There is another station in the Saint-Césaire quarter, Saint-Césaire station, with connections to Le Grau-du-Roi, Montpellier...
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    river. Jews were apparently settled there as early as the 5th century. Saint Ferréol, Bishop of Uzès, was said to have admitted them to his table. Complaints...
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    demolition or to their conversion to secular use. Pont Saint-Bénézet, Avignon, France, Chapel of Saint Nicholas; 12th century, restored from 1878 The Town...
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    Catalonia, the 11th-century Puente de la Reina, Navarre and the Pont-Saint-Bénézet, Avignon. Politics The Tower of London (1078); William the Conqueror...
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    Bold and Pope Gregory X after the Council of Lyons in 1274 to reinforce Saint-Jean d'Acre in the East shows that maritime activity continued for a ninth...
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  • (également sur commune de Saint-Jean-de-Fos)". "Vieux pont". "Vieux Pont dit Pont du Diable". "Chapelle et pont Saint-Bénézet". "Vieux pont sur l'Orb"...
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