Basilique St-Pierre

Avignon


Basilique St-Pierre, in the centre of the walled city of Avignon, was built between the 14th and 16th centuries in the Flamboyant Gothic style.


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The relics of the patron saint of Avignon, St Agricol, are kept in this 14th-century church.

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