All 3 Uses of
Avignon
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The southern districts were ill-watched in particular, in consequence of the disturbances that were perpetually breaking out in Avignon, Nimes, or Uzes.†
Chpt 43-44 *
- From Lyons to Avignon (still by steamboat)….†
Chpt 105-106
- From Avignon to Marseilles, seven francs….†
Chpt 105-106
Definition:
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(Avignon) 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