Atelier Cezanne
“There is no sun in the whole world hotter and cleaner than the sun of Provence. You will find there such bright and transparent colors that you never dreamed of. I will live there for the rest of my days,” Paul Cezanne told Vincent Van Gogh, urging him to move to Aix-en-Provence, the former capital of Southern France.
Mirabeau Boulevard
Mirabeau Boulevard is one of the most popular and lively places in Aix-en-Provence. Its length is less than half a kilometer, but its width exceeds 40 m. The boulevard conditionally divides the city into two parts: the Mazarin quarter, or “New Town”, which lies to the south and west of it, and “Ville Comtal”.
The Granet Museum
This wonderful museum in the Mazarin quarter is dedicated to painting, sculpture and archaeology. The museum, adjacent to the Church of St. Jean of Malta, first opened its doors to the public in 1838. The priory building was allocated for it, and the garden of the museum and the church is still shared.
Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence
This magnificent cathedral began to be built in the 12th century on the site of the Roman forum of the 1st century BC and has been completed and rebuilt for many centuries since then. The cathedral was consecrated in honor of St. The Savior, but the locals simply call it the Cathedral of Aix.
Vasareli Foundation
The Vasareli Foundation, which is located in the very center of Provence, occupies, to put it mildly, an interesting building. It might as well be considered one of the exhibits of the museum: the building is made of 16 hexagons with contrasting black and white circles on the sides.
St. Jean of Malta Church
This Roman Catholic Gothic church, built in the 13th century, is notable for being the first in Provence. Before that, a small chapel of the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of Malta stood on this site, and the church became part of the priory of the same order.