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  1. City in Provence, France, capital of
  2. Vaucluse departement, on the river Rhone NW
  3. of Marseilles; population (1982) 174,000. 
  4. It was an important Gallic and Roman city,
  5. and has 14th-century walls, a 12th-century
  6. bridge (only half still standing), 
  7. a 13th-century cathedral, and a palace built
  8. 1334-42 during the residence here of the
  9. popes.  Avignon was papal property 1348-1791.
  10.  
  11. Subject by: Russell Webb
  12.