{"id":4811,"date":"2023-05-17T09:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T09:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/?post_type=experience&#038;p=4811"},"modified":"2023-05-17T09:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T09:35:50","slug":"walking-in-villeneuve-lez-avignon","status":"publish","type":"experience","link":"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/experience\/experiences-provence\/walking-in-villeneuve-lez-avignon\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"block-entete \" >\n    <!--<div class=\"block-entete__logo  position-absolute p-5 \">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vaucluse-tourisme.png\"  alt=\"Vaucluse Provence Tourisme\" \/><\/div> -->\n    <div class=\"block-entete__meteo h-100 position-absolute col-11 float-right\" >\n\n      <div class=\"meteo_max float-right\">22\u00b0<\/div>\n      <div class=\"meteo_min float-right clearfix\">20\u00b0<\/div>\n      <i class=\"icon meteo float-right 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right bank of the Rh\u00f4ne, Villeneuve-lez-Avignon stands proudly opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/unmissable\/avignon\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Avignon<\/a>. A former border town and fortress of the kingdom of France, stronghold of Philip the Fair, the city with royal status has long embodied a counter-power to the papacy. As the place of residence of the cardinals of the pontifical court of Avignon, then a holiday place for the nobility and the grande bourgeoisie, Villeneuve-lez-Avignon is full of an exceptional heritage. Between manor houses, military sites, cloisters and liveries of cardinals, it has maintained all of its grandeur. Here is a beautiful springtime itinerary for discovering it in one day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n            \n<div class=\"block-recap-experience\">\n\n    <div class=\"container\" >\n        \n\n<p class=\"block-recap-experience__chapo\"><\/p>\n\n\n        \n              <div class=\"row block-recap-experience-picto\">\n                        <div class=\"col\">\n                <div class=\"icon exp_duree \"><\/div>\n                <p>Dur\u00e9e :<\/p>\n                <p>1 jour<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"col\">\n                                        <div class=\"icon exp_visite \"><\/div>\n                        <p>Type :<\/p>\n                        <p>Visite<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial block-unstructured-editorial\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"block-unstructured-editorial__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading block-unstructured-editorial__heading\">The Saint-Andr\u00e9 Abbey<br>a floral, cultural and architectural haven of peace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-layout row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-content col-md-5\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left block-unstructured-editorial__text\">Today maintained by the descendants of Gustave Fayet \u2013 Marie and Gustave Viennet \u2013 this private estate, restored at the start of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century by Elsa Koeberl\u00e9, behind its walls holds the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century abbey palace, decorated with beautiful green spaces, lookouts and remains of 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup> century churches.<br><br>In the lower area, the flowers are already beginning to face upwards, promising an explosion of colours in the coming weeks. Between the pond of water lilies, the wisteria of the Pergola and the green hedges, you can relax on comfortable deckchairs while admiring a breathtaking view of Avignon, the Popes\u2019 Palace, the Alpilles and the Philip the Fair tower.<br>Next, let yourself to be charmed by the exhibition on Andr\u00e9 Chamson, father of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique H\u00e9brard, author of \u201cLa demoiselle d\u2019Avignon\u201d, before setting out to explore the wild terraced garden. Up there, the small Sainte Casarie chapel, surrounded by olive trees and Mediterranean plants, marks the summit of Mount Andaon.<br><br>The whole space is a true ode to the poetry and beauty of nature, and a must for your next getaway in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-nested-content block-unstructured-editorial__nested-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-unstructured-editorial__content-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"570\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vue-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"The Saint-Andr\u00e9 Abbey\" class=\"wp-image-4807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vue-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vue-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-snacking block-unstructured-editorial__snacking\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-unstructured-editorial__snacking-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"50\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/detour.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading block-unstructured-editorial__snacking-heading\">Note<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-unstructured-editorial__snacking-text\">4 experiences in the gardens (workshops, yoga, drawing, night visits) and various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbayesaintandre.com\/?page_id=730\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">entertainment<\/a> (readings, musical ensembles, exhibitions within the walls of the Palace and under the vaults) are organised until autumn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-image col-md-6\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-unstructured-editorial__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"675\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bassin-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"The Saint-Andr\u00e9 Abbey\" class=\"wp-image-4789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bassin-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bassin-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped container wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"515\" data-id=\"4788\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/allee-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"The Saint-Andr\u00e9 Abbey\" class=\"wp-image-4788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/allee-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/allee-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"515\" data-id=\"4787\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/allee-2-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"The Saint-Andr\u00e9 Abbey\" class=\"wp-image-4787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/allee-2-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/allee-2-jardin-abbaye-Hocquel-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"515\" data-id=\"4796\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"The Saint-Andr\u00e9 Abbey\" class=\"wp-image-4796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jardin-abbaye-Hocquel.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jardin-abbaye-Hocquel-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial block-unstructured-editorial\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"block-unstructured-editorial__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading block-unstructured-editorial__heading\">Saint Andr\u00e9 fort<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-layout row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-content col-md-5\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left block-unstructured-editorial__text\">Monumental towers to symbolise royal power!<br>Opposite the entrance to the Abbey estate, the Saint Andr\u00e9 fort welcomes you for free or guided visits (recommended, as they are very informative!). Built under Philip the Fair, then king of France, this fort is the origin of Villeneuve-les-Avignon. While the houses have today given way to a natural garden \u2013 the site is an LPO (bird protection league) refuge \u2013 the ramparts, walkways and towers run through each other and offer a 360\u00b0 panorama of the plain to Ventoux, the Rh\u00f4ne road and Avignon. Throughout history, the fortress served in turn as a prison, a hospital for injured soldiers and as a garrison. In the 14<sup>th<\/sup> century, it brought together all the defensive architecture of the period (machicolations, deadfalls, arrow slits). Although it is empty today, its walls can still be read and explained by the expert eyes of the guide for a lively and fascinating visit. There are many signs of wear, messages and drawings engraved on the stones, remaining as testimonies offered to history. Peculiar to the fort is a gothic style that the king also wanted inside the towers themselves. Cross-ribbed vaultings, sculpted bases &#8211; the site is filled with historical details which are sometimes tragic and sometimes mystical. One to see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-nested-content block-unstructured-editorial__nested-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-unstructured-editorial__content-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"570\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tour-fort-st-andre-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Andr\u00e9 fort\" class=\"wp-image-4804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tour-fort-st-andre-Hocquel.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tour-fort-st-andre-Hocquel-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-snacking block-unstructured-editorial__snacking\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-unstructured-editorial__snacking-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"50\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/info-pratique.png\" alt=\"Practical info\" class=\"wp-image-57\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading block-unstructured-editorial__snacking-heading\">Did you know?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-unstructured-editorial__snacking-text\">Property of the National Monuments of France, the fort regularly offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fort-saint-andre.fr\/agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">exhibitions and themed events<\/a> (fr).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-unstructured-editorial-image col-md-6\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-unstructured-editorial__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"675\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fort-st-andre-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Andr\u00e9 fort\" class=\"wp-image-4795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fort-st-andre-Hocquel.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fort-st-andre-Hocquel-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-temoin row\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-temoin-quote block-temoin__content col-md-6 offset-md-2\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading block-temoin__heading\">Expert voice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-temoin__quote\">A period of glaciation took place at the end of the Middle Ages, from the end of the 17<sup>th<\/sup> to the beginning of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century. During this period, the Rh\u00f4ne was partially covered with ice and was diverted over 900 metres towards Avignon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-temoin-author block-temoin__author col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-temoin-item block-temoin__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/olivier-defino.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/olivier-defino.jpg 150w,\" sizes=\"150px\" alt=\"Olivier Defino \"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-temoin__name\">Olivier Defino  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-temoin__legend\">Villeneuve-lez-Avignon and Saint-Andr\u00e9 fort Guide<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped container wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"515\" data-id=\"4792\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/entree-fort-st-andre-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Andr\u00e9 fort\" class=\"wp-image-4792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/entree-fort-st-andre-Hocquel.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/entree-fort-st-andre-Hocquel-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"515\" data-id=\"4803\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/salle-fort-st-andre-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Andr\u00e9 fort\" class=\"wp-image-4803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/salle-fort-st-andre-Hocquel.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/salle-fort-st-andre-Hocquel-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9258\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/plafond-fort-st-andre-Hoquel.jpg\" alt=\"Dans le Fort Saint Andr\u00e9\" class=\"wp-image-9258\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-2-columns-text-image block-2-columns-text-image\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"block-2-columns-text-image__inner\"><div class=\"row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-column col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading block-2-columns-text-image__heading\">Local life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-2-columns-text-image__text\">Every Thursday is market day in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, in the main square at the entrance to the town, where the flea market takes over on Saturday morning and attracts many visitors. These two quality events are very popular with local people.<br>People also come to Villeneuve for lunch, to visit its small shops or simply to walk through its narrow streets, around the fort or along the canal. Many premises offer varied menus (French, vegan or foreign cuisine, wine bars) and seating on their terrace. On sunny days, relaxing in the town centre is without a doubt very nice for pedestrians, and a popular outing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-column col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6 block-2-columns-text-image__column-image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-2-columns-text-image-image row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-column col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-8\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-2-columns-text-image__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Villeneuve les Avignon\" class=\"wp-image-4805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/villeneuve-Hocquel-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-column col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 block-2-columns-text-image__column-caption\">\n<p class=\"block-2-columns-text-image__caption\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped container wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"515\" data-id=\"4793\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/facade-villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Villeneuve les Avignon\" class=\"wp-image-4793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/facade-villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/facade-villeneuve-Hocquel-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"515\" data-id=\"4798\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/marche-villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Villeneuve les Avignon market\" class=\"wp-image-4798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/marche-villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/marche-villeneuve-Hocquel-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"515\" data-id=\"4797\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/maison-villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Villeneuve les Avignon\" class=\"wp-image-4797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/maison-villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/maison-villeneuve-Hocquel-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-3-columns block-3-columns\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"block-3-columns__inner\"><div class=\"row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-3-columns-layout col-md-6\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading block-3-columns__heading\">Philip the Fair tower<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-3-columns-content row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-3-columns-content-main col-md-6\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading block-3-columns__subheading\">A lookout post on the Rh\u00f4ne<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-3-columns__text\">Erected at the end of the 13<sup>th<\/sup> century by Philip the Fair, the tower of the same name was located at the other end of the Avignon Bridge before its arches were removed. At the time, it controlled one of the most important crossroads of the medieval Midi region, arising from river commerce on the Rh\u00f4ne, a true natural border between the Kingdom of France and the country of France in the hands of the Germans and then the Popes.<br><br>Originally two stories, \u201cthe Large Tower at the End of the Bridge\u201d was completed with a watchtower and flanked by a home for the governor and buildings for the garrison. From its summit, there is an exceptional view of Avignon and the Popes\u2019 Palace, the arm of the Rh\u00f4ne and the Ventoux.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-3-columns-content-snacking col-md-5\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large block-3-columns__snacking-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"50\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/info-pratique.png\" alt=\"Info pratique\" class=\"wp-image-57\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading block-3-columns__snacking-heading\">Note<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"block-3-columns__snacking-text\">A film recreating the crossing of the bridge in 3D was created in 2014. It can be viewed, along with other documentaries on the history of the <a href=\"https:\/\/avignon-tourisme.com\/en\/activities\/tour-philippe-le-bel-6\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Tower<\/a>, in the room on the ground floor. A sound game is also provided for children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-3-columns-image col-md-5\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-3-columns__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"570\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vue-rhone-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"A lookout post on the Rh\u00f4ne\" class=\"wp-image-4808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vue-rhone-Hocquel.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vue-rhone-Hocquel-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-2-col-text-img block-2-col-text-img\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"block-2-col-text-img__inner\"><div class=\"row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-2-col-text-img-layout col-md-8\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading block-2-col-text-img__heading\">From the hill of Mourgues towards the town centre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-2-col-text-img-content row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-2-col-text-img-content-main col-md-6\">\n<p class=\"block-2-col-text-img__text\">The final stage of this first day of the visit leads us to discover the town centre from the hill of Mourgues. All around this small Mediterranean forest, on this rock, are the remains of the palace of Clement VI, formed at the time of a succession of liveries on 30 hectares which had nothing to envy of the size of the Palace of the Popes! Opposite, the tower of the former palace of the Cardinal de Giffon in the town centre, stands over all the roofs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-2-col-text-img-content-milieu col-md-5\">\n<p class=\"block-2-col-text-img__col2-text\">Like Aragon and Elsa Triolet, many artists lived in Villeneuve in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries. Both very inspired by the local heritage, here she wrote \u201cLes amants d\u2019Avignon\u201d, and Aragon wrote \u201cLe m\u00e9decin de Villeneuve\u201d. At the bottom of the main street of the village is the current church, housed in an old monastery whose cloister can still be visited. Next to it, opposite the Town Hall, the Pierre de Luxembourg Museum exhibits masterpieces of religious pictorial art, and in particular the very prestigious \u201ccoronation of the Virgin\u201d, which brings together the whole medieval universe.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ai-blocks-block-2-col-text-img-image col-md-4 d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full block-2-col-text-img__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eglis-villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg\" alt=\"Villeneuve les Avignon\" class=\"wp-image-4791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eglis-villeneuve-Hocquel.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eglis-villeneuve-Hocquel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.provenceguide.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eglis-villeneuve-Hocquel-150x150.jpg 150w\" 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