<< Our Photo Pages >> Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in France in Provence:Alpes-Maritimes (06)
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Notre-Dame-des-FontainesCountry: France
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Département: Provence:Alpes-Maritimes (06) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: La Brigue
Latitude: 44.062172N Longitude: 7.654396E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Seven holy wells have its sources in the area of a small church of Notre Dame des Fontaines. The church was a sanctuary from the medieval until the present. The church is full of paintings of the 15th century. Behind the church is a powerful well, which probably was a holy well in the centuries before it was christianised.
There are some probable human traces in the rocks in the small river bed of this source like cup marks and a stone seat. Very interesting and lovely site.
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