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Vaucluse village to discover
near your vacation rental: CHÂTEAU-NEUF-DU-PAPE

For your holidays in Vaucluse, your holidays in Provence, you seek a vacation rental, a lodging with garden, then visit this house furnished for 5 people in Fontaine de Vaucluse, 6km from L'Isle sur la Sorgue. Nearby CHÂTEAU-NEUF-DU-PAPE, Luberon, Ventoux, Monts de Vaucluse, Dentelles de Montmirail, Avignon, Gordes, Roussillon,...

The Vaucluse department located in Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur area will enchant you by the richness of its landscapes and its historical and cultural inheritance.

Châteauneuf-du-Pape looks over the plain of Comtat and the 3 000 hectares of vine fields. The village is almost completely dedicated to its world famous wine "Châteaunef du Pape" which is also part of the similarly famous Côtes du Rhône. In the XIVe century Pope Jean XXII, chose Chateauneuf as the location for their summer residences, and then decided to plant vines on the stony land which surrounded their landholdings.For a long time the wine production remained a secret but started to become well known in the XVIIIe century but it was in 1929, that it was officially recognized and bestowed with it's own appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Historic sites to see: The remains of the papal castle (XIV°) | The Hers Tower (XII°) | Shrines | Chapel St Pierre du Luxembourg (XVIII°) | Chapel St Théodoric (XVI°) | The Souspiron Fountain (XIV°) | Notre Dame de l'Assomption Roman church | The Wine cellars | the Wine makers museum.

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