Fontaine-de-Vaucluse La Fontaine de Vaucluse is located in the department of Vaucluse, on the territory of the French commune of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse. The village has had the privilege of giving its name to the department created in 1793 and it is the exceptional site of Vaucluse, which means the closed valley, at the bottom of which mysteriously arises the Sorgue which gave its name to the village. Fontaine de Vaucluse is a small village where many discoveries await you such as the remains of the Castle of the Bishops of Cavaillon dating from the 14th century, the church classified historical monuments Notre Dame and Saint Véran of Romanesque Provencal style dating from the 11th century , Built on the ruins of a pagan temple and sheltering in its crypt the tomb of Saint Véran, a column erected in 1804 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Petrarch, the remains of a Roman canal built along the left shore of Sorgue, etc.
