Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Pernes-les-Fontaines, France

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 0.8 km
Ascend 21 m
Descend 19 m

Explore Pernes-les-Fontaines in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Sight 1: Tour Ferrande

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Tour Ferrande Vi..Cult... / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Ferrande Tower, in Pernes-les-Fontaines, is a square building, three storeys high, which has been dated to the twelfth century. Its fame is linked to the thirteenth-century frescoes that adorn its third floor. Considered the first military frescoes in France, they illustrate the investiture by the Pope of Charles I, Count of Provence, as King of Sicily, and the battles he led in southern Italy to secure his throne.

Wikipedia: Tour Ferrande (FR)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Fontaine des Augustins

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The village of Pernes-les-Fontaines is not a "spa town", like the classic spa towns. On the other hand, it has about forty fountains.

Wikipedia: Fontaines de Pernes-les-Fontaines (FR)

263 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Tour de l'Horloge

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Tour de l'Horloge Szeder László / CC BY-SA 4.0

The clock tower is a building located in Pernes-les-Fontaines, in Vaucluse.

Wikipedia: Tour de l'Horloge (Pernes-les-Fontaines) (FR)

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Chapelle Notre-Dame

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The ramparts of Pernes-les-Fontaines are an enclosure surrounding the center of the village of Pernes-les-Fontaines, in the French department of Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Wikipedia: Remparts de Pernes-les-Fontaines (FR)

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Église Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth

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The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth is a church of Romanesque origin located in Pernes-les-Fontaines in the French department of Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth de Pernes-les-Fontaines (FR)

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