L'Isle sur la Sorgue

L'Isle sur la Sorgue is a village located somewhat downstream from Fontaine de Vaucluse, lower on the plains of the Luberon Valley. It is famous as a town for the sale and purchase of antiques. It has several waterworks throughout the city, along the river which harnessed the power of the river for textile, grain, and mechanical mills.

It was a perfect place for lunch, and a cute town. Lots of tourist shops, with olive oil, lavender soaps, etc...

On the way there, we were not far from Lacoste, where the Marquis de Sade maintained a residence (now the ruins are owned by Pierre Cardin, and there is a summer theatre series given there...) We also passed by a village of cliff-homes - people actually live in caves built into a cliff, and have since prehistory - they still live there today as well, in much modernized versions...

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