Festival d'Avignon

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Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival (Occitan: Festival d'Avinhon), is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest existent festival in France.

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