Vaucluse Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
About Vaucluse
The name ofComtat Venaissinis supposed to derive from eitherComitatus Vendacensis(the county of Venasque), or fromComitatus Avennicinus(County of Avignon). The territory belonged to the Popes, but wasde factoindependent, governed by its own executive representative appointed by the Pope, as well as popular representatives. The area was very marked by the bloody history of the French invasion, as well as the civil war which followed, between the partisans of independence and the partisans of the attachment to France. In line with other departments across France, theVauclusewas named after a significant local geographical feature, in this case the Fontaine de Vaucluse spring. The new name was intended both a definitive rupture with the past, and as a way to harmonise local administration int
Vaucluse Travel Guide Sections
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