Palace · UNESCO
Palais des Papes
Avignon, France
Gothic palace and fortress of the 14th-century popes.
Bridge · France · Occitanie
Pont du Gard
Three-tiered Roman aqueduct bridge over the Gardon river.
UNESCO World Heritage Paid entry about 2 h
For storytellers
Why Pont du Gard matters
The Pont du Gard is a Roman aqueduct bridge of three levels of stone arches, standing for about two thousand years. It carried water to the Roman city of Nîmes. You can swim in the river below in summer.
Talking points
- It stands without mortar between the stones.
- It carried water to a Roman city.
- Swimming is popular below it.
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