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Shopping in city
The city is nice in the center. You can go shopping everywhere, also on the local markets. If you don't know where to go, just go to the tourist office. [...]
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The medieval pope's palace
If you are at Avignon, take a look at the medieval pope's palace. It's huge and directly in the center of the city. You can get guided tours for a lot of languages, you just have to book. If you go the in the tourist season, calculate wit a [...]
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Aix-en-provence History

Because of the city’s importance, it was an obvious target to invaders and it experienced them in succession beginning in 474 A.D. The Germanic barbarians were the first and were followed by the Ostrogoths, the Zisigoths, the Franks, the Lombards, and then the Saxons, followed by the Saracens. These invasions took place over the course of almost 500 years and dealt a devastating blow to the city. Ever since the Franks had taken the city in 536 A.D., it had been under the rule of the Kingdom of Burgundy. This changed after 972 A.D. when Guillaume II, the Count of Provence, and his armies held back the Saracen invaders. The citizens [...]

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