Place de l'Horloge (Avignon)

France / Provence-Alpes-Cote-dAzur / Avignon
 square, interesting place
In Roman times a forum spread over the space now occupied by the plaza, Theater and City Hall. A simple crosswomen in the Middle Ages was the site of the city’s main market, with its butchers and herb sellers. Soon after the consuls acquired the livrée d’Albane for administrative purposes in 1447, it became clear that the plaza would have to enlarged. Construction lasted more or less continuously until the end of the nineteenth century. www.avignon.fr/en/visites/visite2en.php
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Coordinates:   43°56'57"N   4°48'21"E
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