Discover the tower built by Philippe-le-Bel overlooking the Rhône

Name: Découvrez la tour construite par Philippe-le-Bel avec vue sur le Rhône
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Tour Philippe IV le Bel

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

©MairieVilleneuvelezAvignon

This tower is in fact the keep of a fortress built in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by Philip IV the Fair to control the access of the bridge Saint-Bénezet, crossing the Rhone and connecting the empire to the kingdom.
The tower was of vital strategic importance and still bears witness to this war period. The exhibition «Mémoire de tour» completes the restitution space of the Pont d'Avignon in 3D presented in Avignon.

À propos du lieu

Tour Philippe IV le Bel

Rue montée de la tour, 30400 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

Gard
Occitanie

Donjon of a fortress built in the XIIIth and XIVth centuries by Philippe IV le Bel to check(control) the access of the Bridge(Deck) Saint-Bénezet, crossing the Rhône and connecting(binding) Empire with the Kingdom, the tower had a key strategical importance, and testifies even today of this warlike period.