A main venue of the 60th (2006) Avignon Theatre Festival staged at the Popes' Palace, featuring Asobu, a play by the festival artistic associate Josef Nadj (fifth from the left). The Palais des Papes is a historical palace in Avignon, southern France, one of the largest and most important Medieval Gothic buildings in
The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in French city of Avignon. An arts festival or art fair is a Festival that focuses on the Visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Avignon (/aviɲɔ̃/ in French) ( Provençal: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm is a commune Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest extant festival in France and one of the world's greatest. Jean Vilar ( March 25, 1912 - May 28, 1971) was a French man of the theatre who created in 1947 the Avignon theatre festival.