Fontaine de Vaucluse

Fontaine de Vaucluse is a commune within the Vaucluse branch inside the Provence Alpes Cote d Azur location in southeastern France. The name Vaucluse comes from the Latin phrase vallis clausa or closed valley. Several trails suggest human occupation in the area for the reason that Neolithic era. Its spring has been the item of a primary cult considering the fact that Antiquity and the Sorgue changed into used as a exchange path via the Phoenicians of Messalina and later the Romans.

Following a few predominant discoveries from two cave dives by using the SSFV, two archaeological sites beneath the protection of the SRA PACA has allowed greater than 1600 antique coins from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD to be added again as much as the surface. In the middle Ages a hermit supposedly lived inside the spot. Eventually, he performed miracles that brought about his being consecrated as Bishop of Cavaillon. His successor, Walcaudus, received the consent of the ruling counts of the place to settle monks there. A monastery was built, but became ruined by means of the eleventh century.