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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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Alphonse Daudet's mill was built in 1814 and operated until 1915. In 1935 the Société des Amis d'Alphonse Daudet restored it and dedicated it to the author.

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...

The site of Castelet, a small rocky plateau, was occupied by an oppidum in the 4th century BC. Abandoned two centuries later, it was reinvested in the 12th century. These remains are located on the...