Saint-Bénezet Bridge (Avignon, 1185)

Saint-Bénezet Bridge

Location:	Avignon, Vaucluse (84), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Crosses	Rhone River

arches	stone

1385	Pope Bonifaz IX order the fourth arch destroyed for reasons of self-defense

One of the first bridges built by the Fratres Pontifices, a monastic order.

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