page_title: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
section_title: Places and monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse / Places and monuments
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Chateau de Fontaine de Vaucluse
context_page_description: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The name Vaucluse comes from the Latin phrase vallis clausa or "closed valley".
context_section_description: The principal point of interest is the source of the Sorgue at the foot of a cliff 240 metres high: Its average flow is 22 m³ / second, the highest in France, and can attain 110 m³ after the snow melts. It wasn't until 1985 that the mystery of its origin was partially revealed: in effect, the lowest point is at -308m depth attained  by a robot belonging to the Spelunking Society of Fontaine de Vaucluse. The spring is the only exit point of a subterranean basin of 1200 km² that collects the water from Mount Ventoux, the Vaucluse mountains and from the Lure mountain.
  Ruins of the castle of the Bishop of Cavaillon
  Ancient paper mill
  Museum of the Resistance
  Petrarch museum (on the site of his former house)
  Santon museum
caption: Château de Fontaine de Vaucluse
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