Écomusée des Santons
Écomusée des Santons is a museum in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, Arrondissement of Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Écomusée des Santons is situated nearby to History Museum ‘Jean Garcin’, as well as near the museum Musée Pétrarque.Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in France
- Also known as: “Musée ‘Village de santons’”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Musée Pétrarque and Musée du Monde Souterrain de Norbert Casteret.
Musée du Monde Souterrain de Norbert Casteret
Museum
Photo: Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Musée du Monde Souterrain de Norbert Casteret is a museum.
Fontaine de Vaucluse
Spring
Photo: Kremtak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fontaine-de-Vaucluse and Saumane-de-Vaucluse.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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".
Saumane-de-Vaucluse
Village
Photo: KoS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saumane-de-Vaucluse is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 886. It was the boyhood home of the Marquis de Sade.
Lagnes
Village
Photo: Ampon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lagnes is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Lagnes is situated 3½ km south of Écomusée des Santons.
Écomusée des Santons
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, Arrondissement of Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.9223° or 43° 55′ 20″ northLongitude
5.12973° or 5° 7′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8FM7W4CH+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 13311039934OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q106697381
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include History Museum ‘Jean Garcin’ and Grotte Pétrarque.
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