Le Moulin d'Alphonse Daudet

Altar erected in 1794 by the Fontvieillois to symbolise their allegiance to the Fatherland. Located a few metres south of the Moulin de Daudet, it was knocked down the hill, then put back in place in...

Follow this family trail and discover the places that inspired Alphonse Daudet. It is a loop in the middle of nature, from the Tourist Information Office to the Château de Montauban, walking at the...

This beautiful residence was above all a place of rest and inspiration for Alphonse Daudet. The museum offers a prefiguration of a vast project and presents the permanent exhibition on the medieval...

The parish church of Fontvieille was built in 1695 with stone from the Fontvieille quarries. It has the particularity of having two bell towers of different appearance, built about 100 years apart...

Fontvieille has a relatively singular and homogeneous architecture, due to the use of ashlar in the construction. The village developed from the 15th century around the exploitation of stone quarries.

Built at the request of the abbot of Montmajour, between 1348 and 1353, it is both a defensive and residential construction. It is combined with other buildings housing the seigneurial dwelling as...

Oratory of St. Theresa, Oratory of St. Roch, Oratory of St. Victor. All three oratories are registered in the inventory of historical monuments.

In the 19th century, the covered washhouse was built in Fontvieille stone. The fresh water comes from the "vieille font" fountain, located next door. At the time, it was used by the inhabitants of the...

A "font" in Provençal means a fountain or sometimes a spring. The commune takes its name from this fountain, "Vieio font" in Provençal, which translates as "old fountain". It still feeds the washhouse...

The aqueducts and mills of Barbegal were a complex work of two parallel aqueducts, leading drinking water to the city of Arles from the Alpilles and also made turn the mills that could produce flour...