Avignon

From Turtledove

Avignon is a commune in southeastern France.

The city is well known for its Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes), where several popes and antipopes lived from the early 14th to early 15th centuries.

[edit] Avignon in In High Places

In an alternate where the Great Black Deaths claimed most of the population of Europe, Avignon was very critical European history. It was here that Henri declared himself the Second Son of God and was executed for it. It was also here that his executioners, the King of France and the Pope, were killed in an accident the day after Henri was broken on the wheel.