Avignon is Altera Roma: the Other Rome.
And all because nine popes shuffled in or around this fortress palace between 1309 and 1377.
They say the lady on the plinth represents the city of Nîmes - Phespirit could not see the resemblence.
There's a very nice Roman amphitheatre in the background, tucked away there behind the tacky little merry-go-round.
