Unesco has recognised the City of Popes or Avignon situated on the banks on the Rhône River in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region of France as one of its heritage sites.

Avignnon is pronounced in Latin as Avenio; in French it is avino; in Occitan it is Avinhon. The locality is a commune in the department of Vaucluse. Meaning of Avignon cannot be understood  by any standard etymological derivatives unless meaning of Pope is considered with due foresight to the ‘inhabited world’ and its primordial original geography.

In Odiya language, the word avenio/avino/avinhon means ‘cannot be separated’ or ‘non-separable’ like both ‘body and soul’. Name Pope is the exact term for Odiya ‘Bopa/and Bapa’ means ‘Father’. This shows there is no difference between ‘Father’ and ‘God’. Ancient scriptural direction has indicated this this thing again and again where the Father is seen as God, and a Great Teacher has been treated equally or with a more spiritual status than the Father. Ancient Trojans(Arjuneyyas of Indian puranas) were considered as ‘Father’ and were treated as Lower Gods. So the term ‘Father’ mostly identified the Trojans or the Danaans means the Damodara of the Indian puranas.

Avignon is synonymous with ‘a–bighna’ means ‘no-difficulties’ or ‘no-hurdles’ etc. These meanings are important to identify the ancient root of the migrants who settled in the City of Popes.

Name Avadana carries a deep sense of intellectuality of the ancient world. But meaningful recognition and participation of this term has been left out of etymological map of the academic world. This not only identifies the place that was the intellectual centre of the ancient world but also it was closely knitted with writings of most of the ancient books there. Two words: avadhana(means ‘teacher’) and avidhana(means ‘dictionary’) refer to this place and its people.  It was a part of the geography of the ancient Babylon which was also called Bahikas/Valmikas/Varukachha. It is identical with Vaucluse of the heritage site.

‘To the north is the Palais Vieux (Old Palace) built in the reign of Benedict XII; to the south is the Palais Neuf (New Palace) built by his successor, Clement VI, which houses the papal chapel’. Meaning of both Vieux and Neuf shouls be seen as names of two ancient royal houses. It never meant ‘old’ and ‘new’. The Petit Palais does not mean ‘Small Palace;, it refers to the palace that is connected with Petite Tree or the Tree of Wisdom. Scholars see a defence system linked to the Tour des Chiens, to the Chatelet, and to the arches of Saint Benezet Bridge. Here the meaning of Tour des Chiens has been taken as ‘Dog Tower’ and Chatelet has been taken as ‘Gatehouse’. All structured names involved in making of the City of Popes together makes a single historical-window through which ancient migrants’ hometowns in ancient Troy can be seen. While Tour means ‘Troy’ or ‘Tyre’, Chiens refers to ancient Chin or Chann people. There is a direct historical relationship between Chin and the city of Troy. It has nothing to do with ‘Dog’ here. Similarly Chatelet does not mean ‘Gatehouse’, rather its meaning is rooted in ‘four-chariots’ or ‘four-doors’ or ‘4^th-Quarter’ or the the kathau relics temple.

Vieux—Bhikshu(Monk)/Bahika

Neuf—Nava

According to Unesco, ‘The most characteristic elements of the Palais Vieux are the vast Consistory Hall leading to the Chapel of St John, … and above it the Tinel, or Feast Hall, Two towers rise to the north of this wing of the palace, including the Trouillas Tower  one of the highest medieval towers. The palace also houses the private papal apartments. The day room of Clement VI, the Stag Room, is decorated with very important frescoes representing rustic scenes. This room gives access to the Great Chapel of the Palais Neuf; its heavy vault is braced by a massive flying buttress that spans the neighbouring street. The west wing of the Palace, known as the Wing of the Great Dignitaries, is occupied by the Grande Audience (Great Audience Chamber) or Hall of Justice…. ‘.

Following chapels are closely connected with the Avignon depicts a clear historical picture of the City of Popes: Cathedral of Notre-Dame des Doms; Chapel of the Oratory, Chapel of the White penitents, Chapel of the Grey penitents, Chapel of the Black penitents, Chapel of the Grand Seminary, College of Saint-Joseph, Hospice of Saint-Louis, Hospital Sainte-Marthe, Hotel of Saint-Priest d’Urgel (Hotel de Monery),  House of King René , Calvet Museum , Arch-episcopal Palace , Palais des Papes , Synagogue , Church of Saint-Agricol, Church of Saint-Didier , Church of Saint-Pierre, Church of Saint-Symphorien and Church of Montfavet.