
In Avignon, it all starts with a bridge... In the 13th century, the abbot of Saint-Claude called on the Pontiff brothers, a congregation of stonemasons from the region of Avignon in the Vaucluse department, to build two bridges over the Bienne: the Saint-Claude bridge and the Avignon bridge. The latter can be seen from the “pont des Pierres” that links “place du Truchet” to the “avenue de la Gare”.