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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse

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  • From the base of grandiose, 230-m (750-ft) high cliffs, Europe’s most powerful spring pumps out the water which creates the River Sorgue. The romance and mystery of the setting (no one has yet found the exact source of the water) attracts millions of visitors every year, as it once attracted 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch (see Fontaine-de-Vaucluse). Downstream of the source, the charming little village celebrates its most famous inhabitant with a museum in one of the houses claimed to have been his. It also boasts an excellent museum dedicated to the history, art and literature of World War II and another equally good one devoted to speleology (caves and caving).

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Petrarch Library Museum: Rive gauche de la Sorgue Open Wed–Mon Adm Museum d’Histoire 39-45 Chemin de la Fontaine Open Wed–Mon DA Adm Speleology Museum: Chemin de la Fontaine Open daily DA Adm
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