{"id":5214,"date":"2024-11-19T10:05:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T10:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.provence-plaisirs.com\/blog\/?p=5214"},"modified":"2025-03-26T11:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:55:34","slug":"fontaine-de-vaucluse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.provence-plaisirs.com\/blog\/en\/fontaine-de-vaucluse\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Europe&#8217;s largest spring in terms of flow: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5214\" class=\"elementor elementor-5214 elementor-1605\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc0355f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc0355f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b6b8be\" data-id=\"0b6b8be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5e1b2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5e1b2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nestling at the foot of the Vaucluse mountains,<strong> the village of Fontaine de Vaucluse<\/strong> and its spring is a must-see in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.provence-plaisirs.com\/en\/map-of-provence\/\">Provence<\/a>!<\/p><p>This village was a place of inspiration for Petrarch and many other poets, writers, painters, etc.<\/p><p>The spring still retains the mystery of its 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class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0338d65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0338d65\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e10cd4\" data-id=\"3e10cd4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ff53ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ff53ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the secret of the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse spring?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33a0d2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33a0d2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6d60f3\" data-id=\"c6d60f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee9255 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ee9255\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a small village of around 700 inhabitants, built in the <strong>\u2018Vall\u00e9e Close\u2019<\/strong> between Gordes and Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, at the foot of one of the world&#8217;s largest springs in terms of the volume of water it flows: no less than 630 million m3 per year!<\/p><p>Although we now know that this water comes from an immense underground \u2018lake\u2019 covering 1,240 km2, which fills up with rainwater and snowmelt from the south of Mont Ventoux, the Monts de Vaucluse and the Montagne de Lure, we still don&#8217;t understand its capricious flow: very low in summer, the Fountain swells and bounces back in tumultuous cascades after heavy rain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0c5ae4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0c5ae4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc7f3d2\" data-id=\"cc7f3d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fcdea2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2fcdea2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Over a century of research to unravel the mystery...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8eb76d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8eb76d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d95876c\" data-id=\"d95876c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4890719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4890719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since the end of the 19th century, researchers, speleologists, divers and adventurers of all kinds have been trying to discover the source of this spring. Captain Cousteau&#8217;s team explored the chasm three times, first in 1946, then diving up to 80 times in 1955 and returning in 1967 with a device specifically designed to explore the chasm, the \u2018T\u00e9l\u00e9naute\u2019, descending to a depth of -106 metres.<\/p><p>Another exploration device, called the Sorgonaute, was built in the 1980s, enabling a depth of -245m to be reached.<\/p><p>In 1993, as part of the Ushuaia TV programme, Nicolas Hulot dived to -40m.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-005216b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"005216b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95030bd\" data-id=\"95030bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d52ba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d52ba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When should you visit the village of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9721b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9721b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b79b456\" data-id=\"b79b456\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b02b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24b02b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A lovely winter walk!<\/p><p>You have to visit the village of Fontaine de Vaucluse at the end of winter, after heavy rain&#8230; you&#8217;ll be fascinated by the spectacle of nature, the gushing water bouncing noisily from rock to rock, to arrive in a vast expanse of crystal-clear water in the heart of the old village.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cebcab5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cebcab5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-277c4e8\" data-id=\"277c4e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c72a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12c72a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Did you know?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-750c3ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"750c3ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b8b462\" data-id=\"6b8b462\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46aa574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46aa574\" 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