Avignon Travel Photography

✨ Avignon is a world-renowned historical and cultural city, the heart of Provence, and is also known as the "City of Popes." ✨ Surrounded by ancient city walls, Avignon's attractions are concentrated within the walls, and walking or taking the little train is the best way to explore this city. Definitely not to be missed are the Papal Palace and the Broken Bridge (Pont St-Bénézet). 🧩Papal Palace: The Virgin, the Child, and the Mortal. Whether it's the palace's inner courtyard, the streets outside the high palace walls, or the Papal Palace at sunset, they are all beautiful~ ✨ During the Capetian dynasty, a power struggle arose between King Philip IV of France and Pope Boniface VIII over the issue of taxing the clergy within France. The result of the conflict was the pope's defeat, and Boniface VIII died of depression after being humiliated by the king. 👍 Subsequently, with the support of Philip IV, the College of Cardinals elected Bordeaux Archbishop Clement V as the new pope. Under the king's implication, the papacy moved from Rome to Avignon in Provence, and Avignon became the seat of seven successive popes (Clement V, John XXI, etc.) during that period. #Europe #European Travel #France #Travel in France #Avignon #Papal Palace #Photography Daily #Travel Photography