Avignon

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Avignon

5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Avignon.

UNESCO sites in Avignon

• Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon BridgeCultural · 1995 · 1 km

  In the 14th century, this city in the South of France was the seat of the papacy. The Palais des Papes, an austere-looking fortress lavishly decorated by Simone Martini and Matteo Giovanetti, dominates the city, the surr…

• Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of OrangeCultural · 1981 · 21 km

  Situated in the Rhone valley, the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of all the great Roman theatres. Built between A.D. 10 and 25, the Roman arch is one of the most beaut…

• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)Cultural · 1985 · 22 km

  The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who designed this bridge, whic…

• Arles, Roman and Romanesque MonumentsCultural · 1981 · 33 km

  Arles is a good example of the adaptation of an ancient city to medieval European civilization. It has some impressive Roman monuments, of which the earliest – the arena, the Roman theatre and the cryptoporticus (subterr…

• The Maison Carrée of NîmesCultural · 2023 · 38 km

  Built in the 1st century AD in the Roman colony of Nemausus – today’s city of Nîmes in the Occitanie region– the Maison Carrée is one of the earliest examples of a Roman temple which can be connected to the imperial wors…