The 'rocher des Doms' was once a lush-green, Roman town during the Second Empire, and is still a place that draws in a good many visitors. Families can take a gentle tour around this pleasantly leafy area in a carriage, plus the waters are home to enough feathered friends to keep the children amused. Another attraction is the large sundial, the needle of which visitors can form themselves.

It is housed in a 14th century building at the north side of the square overlooked by the Palais des Papes. This beautiful edifice was built during the second decade of the fourteenth century. It was given the name Petit Palais to distinguish it from the Palais des Papes.

This popular children's song describes folk dancing, and the bridge of the song is the Pont d'Avignon, or more properly the Pont St-Bénezet. This famous medieval bridge spans less than half of the Rhône River between the old town of Avignon and Villeneuve-les-Avignon on the left bank. Technically, people would have danced beneath the bridge (sous le pont) where it crossed l'Ile de Barthelasse on its way to Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.

The bridge's construction was inspired by Saint Bénézet, a local shepherd boy who (according to tradition) was commanded by angels to build a bridge across the river.