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This city in southern France is located to the left of the Rhone. Founded by the digging, the city gained prominence when he formed part of the first Transalpine province of the Roman Empire. Today, nothing remains except this time the remains of a Roman forum.

The city also was the official residence of the Pope between the years 1309 and 1377. The Palais des Papes, built between 1335 and 1364 now forms part of the historic city center and is considered a World Heritage Site since 1995.

The Remparts, the city walls dating from the fourteenth century, are examples of the fortifications that surrounded the cities during the Middle Ages. The Hôtel de Ville or City Hall, is a relatively modern building, whose bell tower, like the walls are well preserved since the fourteenth century and is a monument worth visiting.

The famous Pont d’Avignon, known by the French song “Sur le pont d’Avignon”, are just four of the eighteen arches had before. However, other bridges decorate the city on the Rhone, as the bridge linking the city with Villeneuve-les-Avignon.

The Avignon Festival is a festival to be held since 1947. Usually held in July and brings together young actors and actresses that represent innovative and original plays. The art, dance and music also form an important part of the festival.

The Hôtel des Monnaies, the former Papal mint music school transformed into an architectural style also worth seeing. The Musée du Petit Palais, the small palace museum brings together many works of art from the Renaissance, many of them Italian. This museum was opened in 1976.

Exactly one month ago in the distant city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates capital, the tango was recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee. The nomination of tango was presented jointly by the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. This was due to be considered a major expression of identity of the inhabitants River Plate. Tango, clearly urban in nature. is a mixture of African and Caribbean sounds. Originally danced between men, owes its rate of 2 × 4 to a sentimental mixture of tenements, slums, hoodlums and low areas.

Classic is played with orchestral training or sextet typical to bandoneon and recognizes its essential tool. Troilo Pichuco undoubtedly was the greatest exponent. Among the singers most representative figure to head the “Creole Thrush” Carlos Gardel. Also worth mentioning as a revolutionary pace was Don Astor Piazzola who attempt to fuse the tango with jazz. Without doubt, the slang is the language of the musical rhythm and Enrique Santos Discepolo is recognized as a poet par excellence. Ever “Dicepolin” defined the tango as “a sad thought that is danced”. Jorge Luis Borges, founder of the Aleph, also ever written a tango that was set to music by the great Astor.

In the lyrics of “Someone tells the tango” Borges captures the essence of this rhythm: “Tango dance I’ve seen against a sunset yellow, for those who were capable of another dance, the knife. Come loose, carefree, always looked at the front. Tango you were blessed to be a man and be brave. From this yesterday, how many things we both have passed! The items and the grief of loving and being unloved. I’ll be dead and you’ll skirting our lives. Buenos Aires has not forgotten you, you were and you will tango.