Aven

Aven is in Gordes, Arrondissement of Apt, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Aven is situated nearby to Ruines Cabanes, as well as near the ruins La Debroussède.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sénanque Abbey and Fontaine de Vaucluse.

Sénanque Abbey

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Sénanque Abbey is a Cistercian abbey near the village of Gordes in the département of the Vaucluse in Provence, France. Sénanque Abbey is situated 1¼ km northeast of Aven.

The Fontaine de Vaucluse is a karst spring in the commune of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France. It is the largest karst spring in metropolitan France by flow and fifth largest in the world, with an annual output of 630,000,000 to 700,000,000 cubic metres of water. Fontaine de Vaucluse is situated 3½ km west of Aven.

Abbatiale de l’abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque

Church

Photo: Hubert DENIES, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abbatiale de l’abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Aven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Village des Bories and Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.

Village des Bories

Hamlet

Photo: Ampon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Village des Bories is an open-air museum of 20 or so dry stone huts located 1.5 km west of the Provençal village of Gordes, in the Vaucluse department of France.

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse

Village

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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. Its name comes from the spring of the same name; the name Vaucluse itself comes from the Latin phrase vallis clausa or "closed valley". Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is situated 3½ km west of Aven.

Cabrières-d’Avignon

Village

Photo: Ampon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cabrières-d'Avignon is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Cabrières-d’Avignon is situated 4 km southwest of Aven.

Aven

Type: Tourist attraction
Category: tourism
Location: Gordes, Arrondissement of Apt, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude

43.9217° or 43° 55′ 18″ north

Longitude

5.17331° or 5° 10′ 24″ east

Open location code

8FM7W5CF+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11810990269

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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