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<< Our Photo Pages >> Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in France in Provence:Alpes-Maritimes (06)

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Sunday, 18 August 2013  Page Views: 2029

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 14.36 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Provence:Alpes-Maritimes (06) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: La Brigue
Latitude: 44.062172N  Longitude: 7.654396E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
0No data.
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
0no data
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Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : The strongest well behind the church hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : Well-preserved paintings inside the church. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : The great paintings inside the church. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : A large depression close to the well. Looks like a kind of rock seat. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines
Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : The strongest well behind the church hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : The church with the famous paintings, right behind the church the well is situated.

Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines
Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : The strongest well behind the church hill.

Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines
Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann

Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines
Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : Two cup marks on a rock close to the well.

Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines
Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : The strongest well behind the church hill.

Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines
Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines submitted by KaiHofmann : The sites info board in front of the medieval church.

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