Avignon is probably best known for its Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes), where the Popes lived for much of the 14th century from 1309 - 1377 known as the Avignon Papacy.
Seven popes resided in Avignon:
Pope Clement V
Pope John XXII
Pope Benedict XII
Pope Clement VI
Pope Innocent VI
Pope Urban V
Pope Gregory XI
In all in tense purposes, the head of the Catholic church could have been centered in Avignon instead of Rome. After being expropriated following the French Revlolution, the Palais des Papes was used as barracks for many years but is now a museum.
Avignon has a walled city which was built by the popes to keep the papal territory well preserved.
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