Pont Saint-Bénézet (Pont d'Avignon), France

The four surviving arches of the Pont d'Avignon stopping in the middle of the Rhône, with the Chapel of Saint Nicholas sitting on its second pier. The first bridge here went up between 1177 and 1185, and the stone bridge seen today dates from the rebuilding that began around 1234. At its peak it…

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