Square Agricol Perdiguier
Former garden and cloister of the Benedictine abbey of Saint Martial in the Middle Ages, deconsecrated after the Revolution, it became a botanical garden at the very beginning of the 19th century under the impetus of Esprit Requien, botanist.
Having lost half of its surface area during the creation of the Cours Jean Jaurès in the mid-1991th century, the botanical garden was redeveloped into a public square in XNUMX.
It brings together a beautiful collection of Mediterranean plants, statues and an old English telephone box, a gift from Colchester, a town twinned with Avignon.
The remains of the Gothic cloister are enhanced by beautiful water features and flowerbeds, and large trees provide cool shade for visitors who can enjoy the benches located throughout the garden.
A restaurant-bar, open in season, allows you to sunbathe while enjoying homemade Provençal cuisine made with local and organic products if possible, drinks or ice creams.
The garden has a universal playground for children.
The facilities on the site are designed to accommodate all types of disabilities (motor, visual, hearing, mental). Everything has been designed around the theme of the round, with circular shapes that evoke universality: the layout of the soft floor, the spherical or circular movement games – dome, turnstile, cocoon.
Also nicknamed the 'Little Garden', the Agricol Perdiguier square, named after the former carpenter and local politician whose statue adorns the place, is the starting point of the Via Avenio, with the commemorative plaque km 0 at the crossroads between Rome and Compostela.
A collective composting area is installed.
Animals are not allowed.
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Location details
- In the city
- Pedestrian zone
