L'isle-sur-la-sorgue

Capital and “Venice” of Comtat Venaissin, principal city of the Country of Sorgues, it is characterized by a very dense network of channels and arm of rivers related to the presence of Sorgue. By developing the activities of the antique dealers, second-hand dealers and galerists, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue forged a strong image which allows outside identifying it like a city of Provence where it makes good things in life.

The old thing and art lovers will be filled in our city since a dozen galleries expose works of artists throughout the year. The prestigious Museum of Campredon " House Rene Tank " Islois is a high cultural place.

Beside that about fifteen various places accomodate temporary exhibitions to be discovered with the wire the visit the city. Twice a year, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue becomes the capital of European of the secondhand trade and the Antiquity at the time of the fairs of Easter and of August 15 which join together more than eight hundred exhibitors and attract tens of thousands of chineurs from France but also from abroad.

Discovery 1: Tradition, inheritance, last historical and industrialist of the villages of the Country of Sorgues

• Fountain of Vaucluse
• Saumane of Vaucluse
• Isle sur Sorgue
• Le Thor
• Châteauneuf de Gadagne

Discovery 2:  Churches of the Country of Sorgues

• Fontaine de Vauclus:

Notre Dame of St Véran Romance Style of Provence of XII century (classified MH)

• Saumane de Vaucluse:

Saint Trophime Romanesque art of Provence, with older parts of XI and XII century (classified MH)

• L' Isle sur Sorgue:

Notre Dame of the Angels Baroque architecture (classified MH)

• Le Thor:

Notre Dame of the Lake Romanesque art of Provence late fine XII (classified MH)

• Châteauneuf de Gadagne:

 Saint Jean Baptist Romanesque art of Provence XII century (classified MH)

 Discovery: Water, fauna, flora

• Route suggested with specialists in the Federation of Vaucluse of fishing and protection of the aquatic environment.
• We invite you to discover Sorgue, this mysterious river who takes his source with Fontaine of Vaucluse and opens his arms to intertwine l' Isle sur Sorgue called Venice Comtadine.

Discovery: Perched villages of the Mounts of Vaucluse

• La Roque sur Pernes

Dominated by its medieval castle of XIè and the church romano-Gothic, this village planted in the rock was inhabited since the oldest times. This small city crossed the history with episodes of glory, ruin, the abandonment and  rebuilding.

• Venasque

Built on a rocky outcrop, Venasque is regarded as one of the oldest villages of Comtat Venaissin given its name. This old picturesque city with the medieval character is remarkable for its religious heritage. Its church of XII and its three turns Sarrasines, its very beautiful baptistry whose origins are not clearly established, are classified by the Historic buildings.

• Méthamis

Hung with its rock headland, the village, formerly girds ramparts, groups some old houses around the church of Romance origin which dominates the old ruined borough and which preserved a side of the wall of the plague of 1720.

• Beaucet

This is an authentic village of crib of Provence, leaned with a cliff and tightened around its church of the XII, altered in XIX et containing a fabric of Parrocel and the ruins of its castle-extremely, probably built by the bishops of Carpentras at the XII. This city at the houses troglodyte preserves remainders of fortifications, ramparts, two doors and two turns of XIV