Show Ancient Legend Lingers Linger Around Famous Bridge The famous old bridge of ot Avignon France on which all beginners test their French In kindergarten Is still BUll there thero for tor you to see see Bee or at least part of It Is Its beautiful old arches and the great palaces of ot the popes pope have been sketched by hundreds of ot artists The Inhabitants of this section of ot France still believe firmly in the legend leg end of Bt St Benedict who they say built the bridge and who was burled on It Historians believe that St St. Benedict or Benezet was one of ot the Brotherhood of Bridge Builders ers a medieval order which built most of ot the beautiful bridges of the tho time The legend says that Benezet was wasa a poor little urchin commanded by bl by God to build the Avignon bridge The populace hooted at him when he made this claim and he was dared to hoist a huge rock which no man could move to show that he was really favored by heaven Benezet said a prayer and easily hoisted the rock on his shoulders So the bridge was built In the Twelfth century and its remaining arches archell are still one of the sights Bights of famous Avignon |