Megalithic Portal: Latest from Provence:Vaucluse (84), France

Roman Theatre of Orange

w650marion — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:09:40 GMT

]]>A Roman theatre built early in the 1st century AD and still in use today! One of the best preserved of all Roman theatres, in Vaucluse, Provence. The wall was originally decorated with marble mosaics of many different colours, multiple columns and friezes, and with statues placed in niches. The central niche contains a 3.4m (11ft) statue of the emperor Augustus, although this was most likely a restoration of an original statue of Apollo,

Vaison

ModernExplorers — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:17:17 GMT

]]>Four (presumably modern) stone circles, each of different sizes but all inside of each other, like Russian Dolls. They have modern day markings - quotes and writing from different historical figures and in different languages.

Fontaine de Vaucluse

AngieLake — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:17:33 GMT

]]>The Fountaine de Vaucluse, at the foot of a 230 metres high cliff, is the biggest spring in France, the fifth largest known in the world. There has been human occupation in the area since the neolithic era. The spring has been the object of a major cult since Antiquity.

Sainte-Marguerite