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from the papal court of Avignon and its agitation, Petrarch settles
in the village of Vaucluse in 1337, he joins up his close friend
Philippe de Cabassolle, bishop of Cavaillon who often stays in the
castle. Petrarch writes in Vaucluse some of his most famous works
and poems, of which the poems to Laura. He leaves Vaucluse in 1351
for Italy, just before the valley was plundered by brigands and
deserted by the inhabitants.
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the following centuries, the fame of Petrarch was such that many
writers and personnalities came in Fontaine de Vaucluse since the
16th century to pay tribute to the famous poet. Fontaine de Vaucluse
is then one of the first touristic place in history.
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site of Fontaine de Vaucluse is occupied since prehistoric times,
the opposite would have been surpring. Romans let traces of buildings.
A canal picked up waters of the mountains to bring it down to the
city of Cavaillon, and maybe down to Avignon.
Petrarch by Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (1450)
