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<< Our Photo Pages >> Fontaine des Chartreux - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in France in Midi:Lot (46)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 17 February 2011  Page Views: 2631

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Fontaine des Chartreux
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 0.269 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Midi:Lot (46) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Cahors
Latitude: 44.442700N  Longitude: 1.432100E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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1Awful
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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TheCaptain visited on 1st Jun 2005 - their rating: Access: 4 Cross the wonderful Pont Valentré from the old town of Cahors, contained within its loop of the Lot river, and walk south along the riverside for a few hundred metres, and you will find this huge spring in the cliffside, with the crystal clear water surging out. Two thousand years ago, the Fontaine des Chartreux was used for the worship of Divona, or Divona Cadurcorum, "Divona of the Cadurci," a Celtic people of Gaul before the Roman conquest in the 50s BC. Many coins, minted between 27 BC and AD 54 and thrown into the water as offerings, have been discovered by archaeologists here.



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Fontaine des Chartreux
Fontaine des Chartreux submitted by theCaptain : Cross the wonderful Pont Valentré from the old town of Cahors, contained within its loop of the Lot river, and walk south along the riverside for a few hundred metres, and you will find this huge spring in the cliffside, with the crystal clear water surging out. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cross the wonderful Pont Valentré from the old town of Cahors, contained within its loop of the Lot river, and walk south along the riverside for a few hundred metres, and you will find this huge spring in the cliffside, with the crystal clear water surging out.

Two thousand years ago, the Fontaine des Chartreux was used for the worship of Divona, or Divona Cadurcorum, "Divona of the Cadurci," a Celtic people of Gaul before the Roman conquest in the 50s BC.

Many coins, minted between 27 BC and AD 54 and thrown into the water as offerings, have been discovered by archaeologists here.
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Re: Fontaine des Chartreux by TheCaptain on Monday, 16 January 2012
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see here on streetview (and have a look at Pont Valentré while there)


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