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Avignon
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noun
a city in and the capital of Vaucluse, in SE France, on the Rhone River: papal residence 1309–77.
Avignon
/ ɲɔ̃ /
noun
a city in SE France, on the Rhône: seat of the papacy (1309–77); famous 12th-century bridge, now partly destroyed. Pop: 85 935 (1999)
Example Sentences
Dominique Pelicot, 72, was found guilty of all charges by a judge in Avignon.
Judges in Avignon in southern France found all 51 defendants aged 27 to 74 guilty, but a lawyer for Gisèle Pelicot said on Friday that "no sentence will give her back her ruined life".
Ms Rault now watched him in the Avignon courtroom and saw the same behaviour.
The 72-year-old was found guilty of all charges by a judge in Avignon in southern France, and cried in court as he was sentenced to the maximum term.
Outside a courthouse in Avignon, France, on Thursday, Ms Pelicot said she waived her right to anonymity "so society could see what was happening".
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