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Ideally
located between Alpilles and Luberon, Cavaillon
drew its richness from the Durance, transportation
route between the Alps and Méditérranée
since antiquity.
Old city of the comtat of the popes, it played
a major part in the history of the Jews in Luberon.
Equipped with an important cultural inheritance,
the city is also an agricultural center and accomodates
the largest market in early products of France.
Cavaillon is also famous as a world capital of
melon.
History :
Cavaillon seems to have been occupied as of prehistory
as many vestiges found on the commune attest some.
A first oppidum existed on the hill Saint Jacques,
then under the Roman occupation the city moved
in the plain. It bears the name of Cabellion then.
With the Middle Ages, Cavaillon belongs to the
marquisat of Provence and under the command of
Raymond VI of Toulouse, marquis de Provence, will
take the defense of the Albigensians at the time
of the crusade who will oppose them to the papal
authority.
After the defeat of the Albigensians, Cavaillon
will become papal possession.
During the wars of religion, the city will be
devastated by sadly celebrates marquis of the
Adrets and of many religious buildings will be
destroyed.
Cavaillon was a place of asylum for many constrained
Jews to leave the kingdom of France to the Middle
Ages and which found a refuge in the papal possessions.
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Population:
25 058 inhabitants
Apt : 31 km
Aix-en-Provence : 60 km
Avignon : 31km
Marseille : 75km
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The
synagogue :
Built at the 18th century on the site of an older
building, it shelters the Jewish museum comtadin
which recalls the history of the Jewish community
in the area.
La cathédrale Saint Véran
:
Of Romance style, it is decorated carved woodworks
and has a charming cloister which formerly separated
the cathedral from the church of the canons.
La colline Saint Jacques :
The park of Luberon arranged a path of discovery
there. The caves located on the blank of the hill
were inhabited as of the end of the prehistoric
period. At the 5th century av.JC, one built there
a oppidum whose some vestiges of the ramparts
remain.
The vault Saint Jacques, of which the sight is
superb, was set up at the 12th century. It was
occupied by hermits. At the 16th century, César
de Bus, one cavaillonnais, there will install
a hermitage and will found the congregation of
the Christian doctrines. The door of Avignon:
Vestige of the old ramparts dismantled at the
beginning of the 19th century.
L'arc romain :
Vestige of the Roman presence, built about year
10 after JC, it was moved in 1880 for monumentaliser
the place of the Field.
Le musée de l'Hôtel Dieu
:
Gather the collections of the Jouve family which
saved destruction, at the beginning of the 20th
century, certain monuments of the city. One finds
there, inter alia, of religious furniture, the
Roman steles gallo and various archaeological
testimonys.
Informations :
Office du tourisme de Cavaillon
70 place François Tourel
84300 CAVAILLON
Tel. : 04 90 71 32 01
Fax : 04 90 71 42 99
email : o.t.cavaillon@wanadoo.fr
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Juin,
juillet et août :
Semaine estivale du Luberon
Juillet et août le lundi matin :
Dégustation de melons, vins et produits
du terrroir
Novembre :
Foire de la Saint Véran
Juillet et août :
Fête de la Saint Gilles
Jeudi de l'Ascension :
Corso
Début juillet :
Fête provençale
Début juillet :
Melon en fête |
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Hotel(R.)
: hotel restaurant
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