Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Vaucluse

Gothic Church
84000 Avignon

Saint-Pierre d'Avignon Basilica, a 14th century Gothic building, is located in Saint-Pierre Square. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it houses major works and an iconic carved facade of Provence.

Ancient Arc
84200 Carpentras

The Roman arch of Carpentras, built in the 1st century, is a monumental arch located in the historic center of Carpentras, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Symbol of Roman occupation, it marks the entrance of the ancient forum of the city.

Ancient Arc
84100 Orange

The triumphal arch of Orange, built in the early first century under the Roman Empire, is an iconic Gallo-Roman monument located in Orange (Vaucluse). Ranked a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it celebrates Roman military victories.

Ancient Arc
84300 Cavaillon

The ancient arch of Cavaillon is a Roman tetrapyle of the first century, richly carved, located in the Vaucluse in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Integrated vestige then disassembled in the 19th century, it now adorns the Place du Clos.

Aqueduct
84200 Carpentras

The Carpentras Watershed, built in the 18th century, is a 914-metre canal bridge overlooking the Auzon, located in Carpentras in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Ranked a historic monument, it fed the city with water until 1894.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
84560 Ménerbes

The Saint-Hilaire Abbey of Ménerbes, founded in the 13th century, is a former medieval Carmelite convent located in the Vaucluse, in the heart of the Luberon. Classified as a historical monument, it combines religious architecture and emblematic agricultural terraces of Provence.

Romanesque Church
84220 Gordes

Notre-Dame de Senanque Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery in Gordes, Provence, remains an active monastic place of life, famous for its sober Romanesque architecture and its history linked to the 'three Provençal sisters'.

Romanesque Church
84250 Le Thor

The fortified monastery of Thouzon, a former Benedictine priory of the eleventh century located in the Thor (Vaucluse), dominates the plain of Comtat Venaissin with its medieval remains and its two classified churches.