Avignon is a city located in southern France, prefecture of Vaucluse department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur. It is located on the left bank of the river Rhone, 85 km from Marseille.
Numerous remains testify to one of Avignon's employment since 3000 years BC The capital was historically Celtic-Ligurian and Roman city. Ancient Avenio covers 46 ha and exhumed the remains give evidence of a boomtown. Known as one of the 80 cities of Gaul under
Augustus, Latin colony under Claudius, Avignon, is promoted to the rank of a Roman city in the Second Century by the Emperor Adrian.
