Between Carpentras and Isle sur la Sorgue, Mont Ventoux and Lubéron, Pernes-les-Fontaines, nicknamed the Pearl of the Comtat is famous for its fountains.
For Pernes is truly the town of fountains, with no fewer than forty of them – ancient, moss-covered, adorned with mascarons, sculpted, unobtrusive or truly imposing… several of which are listed as Historic Monuments, and twice as many if private fountains are included.
Among these fountains, we must notably mention the most famous those of the Gigot near the Ferrande tower and that of the Cormoran, close to the covered market.
Through the wanderings in the Pernes-les-Fontaines, one will also be able to discover some superb mansions of the 17th and 18th centuries, the Notre-Dame door, vestige of the portals of the ramparts, the keep of the old castle of the Counts of Toulouse, today in ruins, the covered market of the 17th century.
Another curiosity, the Ferrande tower of the XIIIth century sheltering superb frescoes of the same period, the Museum of Comtadin Costume and its laces, petticoats and other old cloths, the museums of Comtadin Traditions, Comtadin du Cycle, de la Résistance and de la Vieille Ecole aux Valayans, the church Notre-Dame de Nazareth dating from the XIth century, the Clock tower also dating from the XIth century...
Life in Pernes-les-Fontaines is punctuated by numerous events held at the Centre Culturel des Augustins or the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, as well as in the village’s historic centre, across its small squares and unusual venues: lantern walks, Pernes-les-Photos, the Melon Festival, the Folklories, Pernes en Musique, the Font’arts Festival, the Arts and Crafts Fair, the Antiquarian Book Fair… and the grand Heritage Festival, held every four years, which gives the village the chance to relive life as it was 150 years ago.
Hôtel de ville
Place Aristide Briand
84210 Pernes-les-Fontaines
Tél. : 04 90 61 45 00
https://www.avignon-et-provence.com/tourisme-provence/pernes-fontaines
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