The Rue des Marchands cuts through the heart of Avignon, defined by the heavy, sculpted stone archway that marks the entrance to the medieval city. Merchants once squeezed their stalls into this narrow passage to sell wool and spices under the shadow of the Papal Palace. In fourteen seventy-six, a brawl between a local cardinal's men and town residents broke out here, leaving the stones bloodied and ending the city's attempts to resist the authority of the Church.
Rue des Marchands
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