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| Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, the Sorgues river |
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a village of 611 inhabitants, 7 km east to l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgues. It stands among the villages of Provence with the most visitors because of its very special spring that flows from the base of a 230 m high cliff. It has a flow of 630 million cubic meters per year, which, according to the Tourist Office makes it the most powerful in Europe and the fifth in the world.
The village was long named Vaucluse but as it is also the name of the “département”, that often brought confusion. This is why it took the name of its major feature and is now called “Fontaine-de –Vaucluse”
The name of Vaucluse comes from the name given by the Romans, “Vallis Clausa” (closed valley) as the spring is at the end of a narrow and deep valley, almost closed.
These natural sites has since very long ago fascinated writers and poets such as: Pétrarque, Boccace, Chateaubriand, Frédéric Mistral and René Char. |
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craic Fri May 8, 2009 22:40 UTC
I loved the Vauclusian spring in Bosnia - so would like to get to see this one too. They do seem miraculous. | Nemorino Sun Feb 8, 2009 07:53 UTC
It must be interesting to see how paper was made in former times. I wonder if the poets Petrarca and Mistral wrote their poems on locally-produced paper. | karenincalifornia Wed Nov 26, 2008 18:51 UTC
A very lovely place! It is probably good that the paper mills don't operate anymore as they can be quite smelly indeed! I'm looking for an area to stay in next summer, and this looks good. | evaanna Tue Jul 15, 2008 14:09 UTC
A river so clean that fish can't find any food in it - how amazing! And its colour is wonderful indeed - I've seen such colours of the water only in Norway so far. Great church and a picturesque castle too. Thanks for the lovely virtual tour! |
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