Fontaine de Vaucluse

Sorgue in Fontaine-le-Vaucluse.

Source during high water.

Source during low water.

Fontaine de Vaucluse is located 26 km east of Avignon and 4 km east of L'Ile-sur-la-Sorgue . Neighboring communes: Proud in the east, Cabriere d'Avignon in the southeast, Doe in the south, L'Ile-sur-la-Sorgue in the west, Soman de Vaucluse in the northwest.

The village stands on the Sorga .

The population of the commune for 2010 was 668 people.

• The remains of the ancient Roman canal on the left bank of the Sorga.
• Church of Notre Dame e Saint-Veran, XI or XII century. Saint Veran of Cavaion is considered the patron saint of the village.
• The remains of the castle of Bishop Cavaillon , XIII-XIV centuries.
• The column, erected in 1804 in honor of the 500th anniversary of Petrarch .
• Two primitive settlements.
• Museum Library of Francesco Petrarch . Located in the house in which the Italian poet lived, includes drawings and prints of Laura , the beloved poet, as well as ancient editions of the works of Petrarch himself and his followers.
• Freedom Museum dedicated to the occupation of Vaucluse during World War II and the Resistance movement.
• Ecomuseum of Santons and the traditions of Provence ^[2] .
• Vallis Clausa Museum, a functioning 15th-century paper mill. Demonstrates getting paper at a time.
• Voklyuza Fountain , is a karst source of great depth, the first of these similar karst sources. In 1985, the steered vehicle reached a depth of 315 m. ^[1]
• Viaduct, several dams and bridges, old paper mills.

• In Fontaine-de-Vaucluse at different times they lived, visited and mentioned in their works Petrarch , Georges de Scudery , Mirabeau , Châteaubriand , Frederic Mistral and Rene Chard .
• Saint Veran , bishop of Cavaillon , lived here as a hermit for about 515 years .
• Jean Garcin (1917-2006) is a member of the Resistance, a French politician.

In the I-VI centuries, according to legend, the surrounding area was kept in fear by Kulobr - a huge dragon-like reptile. Born in Vaucluse, Veran of Cavaillon , bishop of Cavaillon, expelled the monster at the end of the 6th century ^[3] .

One of the most beautiful legends explaining the variable level of the Vaucluse spring was outlined by the poet Frederic Mistral : “Once the fountain fairy adopted the image of a beautiful maiden. She took the wandering old man of the minstrel by the hand and led him through the waters of Vaucluse to the underground meadow, which had seven holes covered by seven huge diamonds. “Do you see these diamonds? The fairy asked. “When I raise the seventh diamond, the spring rises to the roots of a fig tree, drinking water once a year” ^[1] .

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  Church of Notre Dame e Saint-Veran

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  Museum Library Francesco Petrarch

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  Petrarch, Laura and the Cupid . Allegory in Vaucluse. Around 1444.

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  Paper mill

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  Road to Karst Spring Voklyuza Fountain

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  View of the source of the Vaucluse Fountain

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  The ruins of the castle of Bishop Cavaillon

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  Castle view

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  Sorga Waters

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  Wine AOC Ventoux Vallis Clausa

• Official website of the tourism department (fr.)
• National Institute of Statistics (Fr.)