Pont du Gard carried water from a spring over a 30 mile canal to Nimes. Built around 50 AD, it was used up until the 6th century. This thing is big. (lots of pictures)
There’s a little blue speck in the lower center of this picture, that’s Denise.
A view of the top row.
In the 1700’s they added a road to the side of the aqueduct.
We had lunch in Avignon at a place that didn’t gouge you, La Mie Câline. A simple baguette with deli meat and cheese, a drink and a cookie for €3.50. We’ve paid €3.50 just for a Coke before.
St. Bénezet Bridge is part of some nursery rhyme I’d never heard of. Built in 1171-85, it would get damaged by floods and rebuilt, until the 1600’s when they gave up. (picture)
This is the Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes). In the 1300’s, the popes resided here. In the late 1300’s there were two popes, one in France and one in Italy, because Italy wanted the pope back, so they named their own. (picture)
Since we were going thru Avignon, we had some time to look around.