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Noun: Avignon  ,a-vi'nyoÑ
  1. A town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism

Type of: town

Part of: France, French Republic

Encyclopedia: Avignon, France