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Aix en Provence
Saint-Jean de Malte Church
Monument - The fortified church owes its name to the Knights of Saint-John of Jerusalem.
Built outside the ramparts in the 13th century, this was the first Gothic construction in Provence. It used to contain the graves of the Counts of Provence in its side chapels.
Next to the church, palais de Malte, built in 1676, was formerly the Commander's…
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Cinéma Renoir
Cultural place - Cinéma Renoir has 3 screens (214, 139 and 87 seats).
Disabled facilities: screens 1 and 3 have induction loops for the hard of hearing. Room hire on request.
All foreign language films are subtitled in French.
The 20 EUR Cinétoile card gives you access to all the town's cinemas and screenings for 12 months for 5.90 EUR per ticket.
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Mazarin District
Site - This grid-pattern district was designed in the 17th century by Archbishop Mazarin, the Cardinal's brother. It was a "luxury housing estate" for members of Parliament and the bourgeoisie of the period, arranged around two main roads: rue Cardinale and rue du 4 Septembre.
Rue Cardinale: its name still recalls Archbishop Mazarin, who became a…
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Bastide De Romégas Gardens
Cultural place - The archetype of an Aix house of the mid-17th century: plain frontage, hipped roof, tile overhang, adjoining farm, threshing floor. 18th-century French gardens with traditional boxwood border, shaded by ancient pine trees, leading to a hunting hedgerow typical of the period.
In addition, a chapel, ponds, wash-house, fountain, viburnum maze.…
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Granet XXe, collection Jean Planque
Cultural place - The modern art collection at the Granet Museum was considerably expanded in 2010 when the Jean and Suzanne Planque Foundation made a 15-year donation of the Jean Planque collection, named after the Swiss painter and collector, who died in 1998. The collection includes some 300 paintings, drawings and sculptures by Impressionists and…
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3bisF, lieu d'arts contemporains
Cultural place - The 3bisf is a contemporary art venue that hosts artists in residence within the walls of the Montperrin psychiatric hospital.
Located near the city center, this art center has developed over the years a unique program in contemporary art, both in the field of performing arts (dance, theater, music ...) and in the visual arts (drawing,…
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Jeu de Paume theater
Cultural place - Aix-en-Provence city theatre
Italian-style theatre with 493 seats. Work on the Théâtre d'Aix-en-Provence began in 1756 and it opened in 1787 on the site of a “Royal” Court (apparently Louis XIV played the ball-and-court game “paume” here).
The Town Hall took it over in 1829 and brought Dominique Bluzet in to manage it in October…
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La Scène Club
Cultural place - Every evening of the week with friends or colleagues, after a day's work, La Scène offers a special moment with a program open to amateur or professional artists.
La Scène is the café of cultural and artistic encounters. Built in an old garage in the industrial area of the Milles, the space has been transformed into an unusual, atypical,…
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Saint John Perse Foundation
Cultural place - The Saint John Perse Foundation conserves and exhibits the collections bequeathed to the city of Aix en Provence in 1975 by the poet who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1960.
Alexis Leger, a leading European diplomat, was born in Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, in 1887 and died in Giens in 1975 he is better known by the pen-name…
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Archevêché theater
Cultural place - With its huge spiral staircases, its medieval arches and its XVIIth century wings, the cour de l'Archevêché is a national treasure, one of the most important of the city history.
Becoming a theater in 1948, it is now the Festival's emblematic venue.
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