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Avignon
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noun
a city in and the capital of Vaucluse, in SE France, on the Rhone River: papal residence 1309–77.
Avignon
/ ɲɔ̃ /
noun
a city in SE France, on the Rhône: seat of the papacy (1309–77); famous 12th-century bridge, now partly destroyed. Pop: 85 935 (1999)
Example Sentences
A bride was shot dead on her wedding night in a village near the south-east French city of Avignon after masked gunmen opened fire, local officials say.
Dominique Pelicot, 72, was found guilty of all charges by a judge in Avignon.
Judges in Avignon in southern France found all 51 defendants aged 27 to 74 guilty, but a lawyer for Gisèle Pelicot said on Friday that "no sentence will give her back her ruined life".
Ms Rault now watched him in the Avignon courtroom and saw the same behaviour.
The 72-year-old was found guilty of all charges by a judge in Avignon in southern France, and cried in court as he was sentenced to the maximum term.
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