The walls of Avignon are a series of defensive stone walls that surround the city of Avignon in the south of France. They were built in the 14th century during the Avignon papacy and have been continually rebuilt and repaired throughout their subsequent history.
Walls between the Porte de L'Oulle and the Porte du Rhône
City walls in the 13th and 14th centuries. The 13th century double walls are shown in red.
Surviving fragment of the 13th century double walls at the junction of Rue Joseph Vernet with Rue Saint Charles
Porte Limbert before its demolition in 1896. The structure dated at least from the 15th century and possibly the 14th century.
Avignon is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune had a population of 93,671 as of the census results of 2017, with about 16,000 living in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval walls. It is France's 35th-largest metropolitan area according to INSEE with 337,039 inhabitants (2020), and France's 13th-largest urban unit with 459,533 inhabitants (2020). Its urban area was the fastest-growing in France from 1999 until 2010 with an increase of 76% of its population and an area increase of 136%. The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon, a cooperation structure of 16 communes, had 197,102 inhabitants in 2022.
Image: Vue aérienne 2 JP Campomar
Image: Park beim Papstpalast in Avignon 01 (cropped)
Image: Avignon, Palais des Papes depuis Tour Philippe le Bel by JM Rosier (cropped)
Image: Le Pont d'Avignon (cropped)
