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Tourism Office Place de la Liberté 84800 L’ISLE SUR LA SORGUE [email protected] Tél. : +33 (0)4 90 38 04 78 Fax : +33 (0)4 90 38 35 43 Tourism Office Place du 11 Novembre 84250 LE THOR [email protected] Tél. : +33 (0)4 90 33 92 31 Tourism Office Résidence Garcin 84800 FONTAINE DE VAUCLUSE [email protected] Tél. : +33 (0)4 90 20 32 22 Fax : +33 (0)4 90 20 21 37 DISCOVER DISCOVER p. 3 L’Isle sur la Sorgue p. 26 museum p. 11 Fontaine de Vaucluse p. 28 famous people p. 14 Saumane de Vaucluse p. 33 TRADITIONS p. 16 Le Thor p. 39 mARKETS p. 21 ChATeauneuf de Gadagne p. 43 INFORMATIONS OFFICE DE TOURISME INTERCOMMUNAL PAYS DES SORGUES L’L’IslIsle sur la Sorgue MONTS DE VAUCLUSE Fontaontaineine de Vaucluse SaumaneSaumane de Vauclusea LLee ThThoror TÉL. +33 (0)4 90 38 04 78 CChâteauneufhâteauneuf dde Gadagne TRADITIONS L’ISLE SUR LA SORGUE n Of the April 1st (Fools’s Day) n From October 1st to March 31st: on September 30th: Every day from 9 am - 12:30 am Every day from 10 am - 1 pm and 2 pm - 5:30 pm and 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm On Sundays from 9 am - 12:30 am n Of the April 1st on September 30th: From 9 am - 12:30 am and from 2:30 pm LE THOR - 6 pm ; Sunday from 9 am - 12:30 am n From September 1st to June 30th: On Monday, 2 pm at 5 pm, Tuesday in Friday from 8:30 am FONTAINE DE VAUCLUSE to 12:15 am and from 2 pm to 5 pm n From October 1st to March 31st: and Saturdays 8:30 am / 12:15 am Every day from 9 am - 12:30 am n From July 1st to August 31st: and from 2 pm - 5:30 pm From Monday to Friday And Sunday from 10 am - 1:30 pm 9:30 am - 12:15 am and 2 pm - 6 pm And Saturday 9:30 am / 12:15 am Châteauneuf de Gadagne INFORMATIONS Tourist guide 2017 4 DISCOVER L’Isle sur la Sorgue THE SORGUES RIVER FISHERMEN As of August 8 1467, washing clothes L’Isle sur la Sorgue: originally a small was prohibited in the Sorgue river, fishing village. Fishermen lived in TRADITIONS under penalty of a fine of 25 sous. The streets whose names continue to river itself is a vital part of present evoke the tradition of fishing: Otter and past life in L’Isle sur la Sorgue. street (Loutre), Eel street (Anguille), The very banks of the river, the crystal Trout street (Truite), Crayfish street clear waters and the history they made (Ecrévisse). In the 19é century, 15,000 possible are all an integral part of L’Isle crayfish were fished in one day using sur la Sorgue’s heritage. The original raw meat or the chrysalis of the silk fishing village grew into a town called worm. Since time immemorial, the Saint Laurent, today the Villevieille fishermen in L’Isle sur la Sorgue were neighbourhood. The river contributed exclusively entitled to fish on the entire to prosperity through the development Sorgue river. the fishermen bestowed of countless industrial plants and the best of the catch on the legates, workshops, and fishing. vice-legates and other ecclesiastics in Avignon and elsewhere. The fishermen cast their nets and lines from their flat- bottomed boats known as “nego-chin” (which meant “dog-drowners”). INFORMATIONS Tourist guide 2017 6 7 THE PARTING OF THE WATERS THE MOON DIAL direction of the great Avignon architect took refuge in the Comtat Venaissin. Francois de Royers de la Valfrenière. In 1624, they were ordered to settle The lovely spot where the waters divide Calendars were crucial to monitor This sumptuous example of Baroque in Avignon, Carpentras, Cavaillon or in L’Isle sur la Sorgue is a shady cool sowing and harvesting and the changing architecture has beautiful chapels and L’Isle sur la Sorgue, where they played area of vast flowing waters that is lovely of the seasons. The moon dial – and tribunes and was consecrated in 1672 by an active role in business and city life. to visit. The Sorgue river gets its start not a sundial – in L’Isle sur la Sorgue the Bishop of Cavaillon Monsignor Jean- In 1791, when the Jewish community at Fontaine de Vaucluse, then naturally was certainly needed to measure time Baptiste de Sade. Above the Collegiate gained access to full citizenship, they separates into two branches here at in order to plan for sowing, harvesting. Church door, the inscription MDCCLXXIX began to leave the area and settle the Parting of the Waters. Winter and And it was on the front of the church that correponds to the year 1779. elsewhere. summer the water flows at 13°C. men came to check the measurement Liberty- Equality- Brotherhood of time. Reference to the struggle between the Clerical movement and the Radical LA TOUR D’ARGENT THE WATER WHEELS DISCOVER THE HISTORIC MENTASTI ORGAN movement at the time of the separation We counted up to 66 water wheels of church and state. The Jesuit style The medieval tower was built by in L’Isle sur la Sorgue: 49 in the city Built organ of the 15th century, defines the church facade. A moon dial members of the seignorial jurisdiction centre among which 17 on the small inventoried with the Historic building. and a clock embellish the entrance door. at the end of the 12th century and Arquet canal. Today there remain 15.. has been listed as a “Monuments Historiques” since 2012. No major The natural energy supplied by the NOTRE-DAME-DES-ANGES THE L’ISLE JEWISH COMMUNITY briskly flowing waters of the Sorgue changes have been made to the original Today, all that remains of the active river encouraged the development COLLEGIATE CHURCH structure of this huge square-shaped Jewish community in L’Isle sur la of many industrial activities. The last construction built out of bossage. The church dedicated to the Assumption Sorgue is the Jewish cemetery on the family-run plant, called Brun De Vian was first called Saint Laurent basilica, road to Caumont, which was used for Tiran, performs every step of the work then collegiate church, in 1222. The burials up until the early 20th century. THE COAT OF ARMS in L’Isle sur la Sorgue, as it has since Bishop of Cavaillon had the name This square was the former Jewish 1808. Spinning, weaving and finishing changed to Notre-Dame-des-Anges, quarter and was closed off by 2 gates. The heraldry of L’Isle sur la Sorgue is the blankets, throws, shawls and stoles and the church was enlarged and The Jewish community lived here since or and gules on a river of azure. Two using noble fibres from the world over. magnificently decorated in the Italian the 13th century. In 1498, the Jews herons frame the coat of arms. The style in the 17th century, under the banished from the Kingdom of France motto is “He burns against the enemy”. Notre-Dame- TRADITIONS des-Anges Collegiate church INFORMATIONS Tourist guide 2017 8 9 ANTIQUE DEALERS A true paradise for antiques lovers and jewelry, books, records, wrought browsers, L’Isle sur la Sorgue is the iron and other wares in the different biggest centre in all of Provence for dealers’ villages, and during the major professional antiques and collectibles international fairs, at Easter and on markets. It is a European-scale centre 15 August, over 500 exhibitors fill the which has continually grown since the city. Furniture professionals, informed 13 - 17 avril 2017 creation of the first antique dealers’ collectors or simply browsers with village in 1978. a flair – everyone is sure to find the Et 11 - 15 août 2017 Today, open from Saturday to Monday, treasures they are looking for in L’Isle there are 300 dealers offering fur- sur la Sorgue. nishings, paintings, art objects, fabrics, DISCOVER Chaise à la reine, Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard, Paris, vers 1730-1740 TRADITIONS www.antiquesartandyou.com +33 (0)6 33 96 83 86 [email protected] Saumane de Vaucluse INFORMATIONS Tourist guide 2017 10 11 Tourist guide 2017 12 La Fontaine F C de Causan Chemin de la Fontaine 84800 Fontaine de Vaucluse www.fontainedecausan.com Tél. 04 90 20 32 84 DISCOVER Santons Escoffier Arterra Fouque Didier Aqueduc Campana de Gallas Amy Flore Coutellerie FONTAINE DE VAUCLUSE Pièces uniques A MAGICAL SITE Décoration Fontaine de Vaucluse the site from which many writers and poets, including our county Vaucluse – gets its name. Petrarch, Boccace, Chateaubriand, Linge de maison TRADITIONS A site which has intrigued and drawn Frédéric Mistral and René Char. Sainte Senteurs visitors since time immemorial.In ancient Marie and Saint Véran church, Provencal Roman times, as shown by recent Romanesque in style, 11th century, built Prêt à porter archaeological discoveries which point to on top of the ruins of a pagan temple, Epicerie fine a major cult of water here. The Sorgue and holding the tomb of Saint Véran. The de Vaucluse, the most beautiful river in vestiges of a Roman canal built along the Produits régionaux Vaucluse, surges forth from the depths left bank of the Sorgue. of the earth at the bottom of a steep, Souvenirs eroded cliff, which blocks the end of a narrow green canyon. Nearby lies the PAPERMAKING picturesque village which is named after the closed valley. With a total average The paper-making industry goes back flow of 630 million 3m per year, this to the 16th century.