Avignon

[ a-vee-nyawn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Vaucluse, in SE France, on the Rhone River: papal residence 1309–77.

Avignon

/ aviɲɔ̃ /

noun

1. a city in SE France, on the Rhône: seat of the papacy (1309–77); famous 12th-century bridge, now partly destroyed. Pop: 85 935 (1999)

Example Sentences

An abrupt silence swamped the courtroom in Avignon as three large television screens, positioned high on three walls, flickered back to life.

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When she walks into the courthouse in the French city of Avignon, flanked by her children and a team of lawyers, Gisèle Pelicot cuts an unassuming figure.

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It is little more than half an hour’s drive - through the gentle hills and vineyards that surround the looming, almost lunar landscape of Mont Ventoux - from Avignon’s courthouse to the quaint, medieval village of Mazan.

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Gisèle Pélicot, who is 72, was giving evidence on day three of the trial in Avignon, south-east France, of 51 men – including her husband of 50 years, Dominique.

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The trial, which is being held in Parc des Expositions in Avignon, southern France, is due to last until 20 December.

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