Tour: Discover Vaucluse’s Jewish heritage

  • Leisure
  • Tourist routes
, 84000 Avignon
From Cavaillon to Carpentras, via Pernes les Fontaines and L’Isle sur la Sorgue, discover the "carrières" (streets) where the Jewish population resided, the synagogues, mikvehs (Jewish baths), cemeteries and museums.
Banished from the kingdom of France during the Middle Ages, Jewish communities sought refuge in the Comtat Venaissin – the part of Provence that became Vaucluse after the Revolution, but up until then had been property of the Popes. It was in this region that the Jewish communities were best protected before France was reunified, as they benefitted from the presence of the popes in Avignon who granted them freedom of religion and right of residence.

Step 1 – Cavaillon Synagogue & Jewish...

Openings

All year

Monday
00:00 - 23:59

Tuesday
00:00 - 23:59

Wednesday
00:00 - 23:59

Thursday
00:00 - 23:59

Friday
00:00 - 23:59

Saturday
00:00 - 23:59

Sunday
00:00 - 23:59

Location

Tour: Discover Vaucluse’s Jewish heritage
, 84000 Avignon

Spoken languages

  • French
Updated on 18 March 2020 at 09:46
by Vaucluse Provence Attractivité
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