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Natural wonders · Vaucluse
Colorado Provençal
Former open-air ochre quarries, worked until 1992, forming a landscape of blazing colours reminiscent of American canyons.
View full page →Between the ochre cliffs of Rustrel and the spectacular spring of the Fontaine de Vaucluse, the Luberon and its immediate surroundings offer some of the most photogenic natural landscapes in Provence.
This selection is deliberately short: for now the catalogue lists only these sites as natural curiosities in their own right in the massif and its close surroundings.
Best combined with the neighbouring hilltop villages for a broader view of the Luberon.
Former open-air ochre quarries, worked until 1992, forming a landscape of blazing colours reminiscent of American canyons.
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The emerald-green spring is ranked among the most important emergences in the world.
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