Chapelle du Castelet

Chapelle du Castelet is a chapel in Fontvieille, Arrondissement of Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Chapelle du Castelet is situated nearby to the archaeological site Grotte de la Source, as well as near Centre Equestre ‘Les Enganes’.

Type: Chapel
Description: chapel located in Bouches-du-Rhône, in France
Also known as: “Chapelle (restes)” and “chapelle du Castelet”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castelet hypogeum and Montmajour Abbey.

Castelet hypogeum

Photo: Odejea, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castelet hypogeum is situated 800 metres southwest of Chapelle du Castelet.

Montmajour Abbey

Monastery

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Montmajour Abbey, formally the Abbey of St. Peter in Montmajour, was a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 18th centuries on what was originally an island five kilometers north of Arles, in what is now the Bouches-du-Rhône Department, in the region of Provence in the south of France. Montmajour Abbey is situated 2 km southwest of Chapelle du Castelet.

St Victor chapel

Chapel

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St Victor chapel is situated 1 km northeast of Chapelle du Castelet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arles and LUMA Arles.

Arles

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Arles is a town in the Provence in the southeast of France. Remote, uneventful, but definitely no waste of time, Arles is absolutely steeped in Provençal culture, and features a collection of Roman archaeological sites.

LUMA Arles

Neighborhood

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Luma Arles is an arts center in Arles, France created by the LUMA Foundation headed by Swiss arts patron Maja Hoffmann. It encompasses several renovated former railroad factories and the LUMA Tower, a 15,000 square meter tower building designed by the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry for the LUMA Foundation. LUMA Arles is situated 6 km southwest of Chapelle du Castelet.