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SUR PRESENTATION DE CE MAIL Une comédie de l'au-delà à l'humour décalé, pour les spécialistes des mystères du paranormal. Du 1er juin au 2 juillet à 21h Piccolo Théâtre à Aix-en-Provence LE TERRIBLE TESTAMENT DE TATA THERESE Une comédie écrite et mise en scène par Joseph Agostini Musiques : Frédéric Bry Avec Olivier Maraval et Pauline Lagleize Après le succès au festival off d’Avignon 2010 et un public unanime, Tata Thérèse vient hanter le Piccolo Théâtre. Et oui…Tata Thérèse vient de mourir...mais peut encore envoyer des SMS ! Sa nièce Capucine remportera son immense héritage si elle se soumet à toutes ses exigences. Nous voilà donc embarqués dans une folle histoire pleine de rebondissements où se mêlent à un train "d’enfer" canulars téléphoniques et défis endiablés. Une comédie pour les amateurs des forces obscures et de l‘humour décalé. C’est où ? Il Piccolo Théâtre 7 rue Mazarine - 13100 Aix en Provence Info et réservations : 04 42 50 52 08 / ilpiccolo.fr |
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| Avignon Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Palace of the Popes in Avignon Palace of the Popes in Avignon Hans-Peter Harmsen Avignon is a agreat city in the south of France and is home to the beautiful Pope's Palace. This enchanting historical city was built has a rich history and would make a perfect vacation stop on the way to the Cote d'Azur. A large part of the city walls is still in place. The walls offer a great impression of how magnificent the city one was. A distinguishing site in Avignon is the famous bridge of Avignon. _______Sights Edit This Pont d'Avignon Pont d'Avignon Jakob Thusgaard / gubbe Pont d'Avignon Le Pont Saint-Benezet is a ruined bridge not far from the Palais des Papes. The bridge was built in the Middle Ages - before the arrival of the Papacy - perhaps partly to allow the local bishop to cross the river to Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, where the church authorities had installed themselves because of Avignon's then-infamous dirt and lawlessness. The legend of the bridge's building is that a local shepherd, Benezet (a dialect form of Benedict) was inspired by angels to build a bridge. When his appeals to the town authorities proved fruitless, he picked up a vast block of stone and hurled it into the river, to be the bridge's foundation stone. Convinced by this demonstration of divine will, the bridge was swiftly built. The poor shepherd boy was canonised, and his chapel remains on the surviving portion of the bridge. If the bridge was divinely inspired, the Deity must have quickly changed his mind, because before long the bridge became unsafe and, following numerous floods, mostly derelict. Originally, the bridge had 22 arches, reaching across to the tower of Philippe le Bel via the mid-stream île de la Barthelasse. Only 4 of the 22 arches now remain. A multilingual audio tour of the bridge explains some of the local history. The well-known song "Sur le pont d'Avignon" (on the bridge at Avignon) refers to the bridge. The bridge itself is far too narrow for dancing or festivals - the original text of the song was "Sous (under) le pont d'Avignon", referring to the festivals and entertainments staged on the île de la Barthelasse. The current version was popularised by a 19th century operetta, whose librettist clearly assumed that 'sous le pont d'Avignon' would have meant in the river. ________History Edit This Avignon has been continuously inhabited since the stone age, when troglodyte inhabitations were built in caves in the Rocher des Dames, a massive outcropping of rock rising over the banks of the Rhône. Today, a public park with benches, views over the surrounding countryside, a café and playground is located on top of the Rocher. The Romans had a presence in Avignon, though the walls they built lie buried somewhere under the modern streets. Vestiges of the forum can still be seen, lying unassumingly near the Rue Racine and the Rue Saint-Etienne, to the west of the city. Then, in medieval times, the town grew to an important center of communication and trade. The stone bridge spanning the Rhone was one of only three between the Mediterranean and Lyon. It was undoubtedly for its strategic location and ease of travel that it was chosen by the papacy as home within the then kingdom of Provence. The presence of the papacy made Avignon into a city of great political and economic activity. The old city wall, now visible only as a street that circles the very center of the town (changing names 5 times in the process!) was much too small and a larger wall, still visible today, was necessary to protect its bulging population. Wealthy Cardinals built extravagant palaces known as livrées both within Avignon and across the river, in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. The city teemed with activity and building as architects, builders, artists flocked to the town. At that time, within the city walls there were over 100 churches and chapels - many of which have been transformed since then into everything from shops to a movie theater! The wealth and activity generated by the presence of the papacy spilled out into the region, so that even small villages nearby boast a rich architectural past. |