Our Lady of the Fountains

#615 among destinations in France

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Facts and practical information

Our Lady of the Fountain is a Roman Catholic shrine located four kilometers from La Brigue, France, very close to the Italian border. The name derives from seven local springs that emerge from the rocks. It is one of the main tourist destinations in La Brigue, receiving up to 12,000 tourists per year. ()

Local name: Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines de la Brigue Architectural style: Romanesque architectureCoordinates: 44°3'44"N, 7°39'16"E

Location

Vallon de la MadoneLa Brigue 06430 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurFrance

Contact

+33 4 83 93 95 50

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Day trips

Our Lady of the Fountains – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Monte Tanarello, Musée des Merveilles, Saint-Sauveur Church, Saint Martin's Collegiate Church.

3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Tanarello
78 min walk • Monte Tanarello or Mont Tanarel is a 2094 metres high mountain located on the French-Italian border.
3.6 miNW
Specialty museum, History museum, Archaeological museum
Musée des Merveilles, Tende
93 min walk • Musée des Merveilles in Tende, France is a museum that documents stone age and other historic artefacts from the Mercantour National Park. It opened in 1996. There is notably a large collection of real and reproduced petroglyphs from the surroundings of the nearby Bégo Mountain.
7.2 miSW
Church
Saint-Sauveur Church, Saorge
185 min walk • The Saint-Sauveur church is a Catholic church located in Saorge, in France.
2 miW
Church
Saint Martin's Collegiate Church
52 min walk • The collegiate church of Saint-Martin is a Catholic church located in La Brigue, France.
3.4 miNW
Church
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Tende
88 min walk • The collegiate church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Tende is a former collegiate church located in Tende, France, a former cathedral, it still canonically bears the honorary title.
1.2 miW
Bridge
Pont du Coq
31 min walk • The Rooster Bridge is a bridge located in La Brigue, over the Levenza River, France.
7.4 miSW
Church
Chapelle de la Madone de Poggio, Saorge
189 min walk • The Church of the Madonna del Poggio is a Catholic church located in Saorge, overlooking the Saorge Gorge, France.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Passo Tanarello
83 min walk • Passo Tanarello or Pas du Tanarel at 2,042 m is a mountain pass in the Ligurian Alps. It connects the valleys of Roya in France and Tanaro in Italy.
6.4 miSW
Church
Église Notre-Dame de la Victoire
163 min walk • The church of Our Lady of the Visitation is a neoclassical church of the eighteenth century dedicated to Our Lady of the Visitation in Fontan in the Alpes-Maritimes. The building is classified as a historical monument on April 25, 1949.
1.9 miW
Hotel
La Brigue
49 min walk • La Brigue is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. La Brigue became part of France after World War II, when Italy was forced to hand it over in September 1947 under the terms of the Peace of Paris.
3.4 miNW
Church
Chapel of Mercy, Tende
88 min walk • The Chapel of Mercy, formerly the Chapel of the Black Penitents, is a Catholic chapel located in Tende, France.