Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Aix-en-Provence, France

The Bastide du Jas de Bouffan is a historic bastide in Aix-en-Provence, France.

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The ancient theatre of Aix-en-Provence is the most imposing ancient monument in the town. However, it was only discovered in 2004, although speculation about its existence has been made as early as the sixteenth century. As supposed, it was discovered on the site of the ancient city of Tours, on the site of the church of Our Lady of the Seds, in the western part of the ancient city of Aquae Sextiae.

Wikipedia: Théâtre antique d'Aix-en-Provence (FR)

Aquæ Sextiæ is the Latin name for Aix-en-Provence. The first Roman city on the territory of present-day France, this city was founded in 122 BC. by the Roman consul Gaius Sextius Calvinus following an expedition against the oppidum of Entremont, the Salyan capital. Benefiting in the first decades from an architecture very similar to that of Entremont, it was not until the first century that Aquæ Sextiæ was given a typically Roman design, consisting of a cardo and a decumanus which gave it an orthogonal plan. A forum stands in its center, while a basilica dominates the northern part of the city.

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Joseph Sec was a bourgeois, a Jacobin and a grey penitent from Aix-en-Provence. He was a master carpenter and wood merchant.

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The Notre-Dame de la Consolation chapel is listed as a historical monument by prefectural decree of November 3, 1987. It is located along Avenue Philippe Solari in Aix-en-Provence, completely enclosed in the buildings of the Saint-Jacques Hospital, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department and in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The city of Aix-en-Provence owns it.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Consolation d'Aix-en-Provence (FR)

The Archiepiscopal Palace of Aix, more commonly known as the Archbishop's Palace, or former bishopric by the people of Aix, is one of the 19 archiepiscopal palaces in France.

Wikipedia: Palais archiépiscopal d'Aix-en-Provence (FR)

The Hotel Adanson is a private mansion located at 1 rue Adanson, in Aix-en-Provence (France).

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The Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. It houses the Institut de Management Public et Gouvernance Territoriale of Aix-Marseille University.

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Aix Cathedral in Aix-en-Provence in southern France is a Roman Catholic church and the seat of the Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence and Arles. The cathedral is built on the site of the 1st-century Roman forum of Aix. Built and re-built from the 12th until the 19th century, it includes Romanesque, Gothic and Neo-Gothic elements, as well as Roman columns and parts of the baptistery from a 6th-century Christian church. It is a national monument of France.

Wikipedia: Aix Cathedral (EN)

Sciences Po Aix, also referred to as Institut d'Études Politiques (IEP) d'Aix-en-Provence, is a Grande École of political studies located in Aix-en-Provence, in the South of France. It is associated with Aix-Marseille University and is part of a network of ten Institut d'études politiques, known as IEP.

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The Roman baths of Aix-en-Provence are a set of Roman remains of thermal establishments scattered throughout the current city of Aix-en-Provence.

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The Pavillon de Vendôme, also known as the Pavillon Vendôme or Pavillon de La Molle, is a former private mansion, housing the Musée du Pavillon de Vendôme-Dobler, located in the city of Aix-en-Provence in France. It was built by Louis de Mercœur, Duke of Vendôme, who wanted to own a folly outside the city of Aix. This pavilion owes its fame to the fact that it is said to have housed the love affairs of the Duke of Vendôme and the Belle du Canet, Lucrèce de Forbin-Solliès, widow of Honoré de Rascas, lord of Canet. The duke wanted to marry her, but this plan upset King Louis XIV because Mercœur was the widower of Laure Mancini, niece of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, a court councillor. Since this union would have been considered a misalliance, and not being able to marry her, the duke decided to become the lady's lover.

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