1. Avignon - Noun
2. Avignon - Proper noun
a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
Source: WordNetAbbot Guillaume was summoned to Avignon, where he was on 27 June, and sent to Naples to provide the advice and guidance as to the desires of the feudal overlord of Naples, His Holiness Pope Innocent VI. Source: Internet
A bridge across the Rhone was built between 1171 and 1185, with a length of some 900 m (2950 ft), but was destroyed during the siege of Avignon by Louis VIII of France in 1226. Source: Internet
After leaving Avignon, Nostredame, by his own account, travelled the countryside for eight years from 1521 researching herbal remedies. Source: Internet
A cruise boat at the quay at Avignon. Source: Internet
Afterwards, a new pope faithful to the French was elected, and the papacy was briefly relocated to Avignon (1309–1377). Source: Internet
After that three Antipopes reigned in Avignon until 1423, when the Papacy finally returned to Rome. Source: Internet