Visit Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence is a town in the Bouches-du Rhone, about thirty miles
north of Marseille. Aix-en-Provence was founded by the Romans during their
installation in the region (123 av. JC). It is the former administrative
capital of the County of Provence, from the late Middle Ages until the
Revolution. Aix-en-Provence was then the residence of the nobility and
upper middle class of Provence. It's that time of which he remained prosperous
nostalgia for a "Lifestyle" Provencal and gives the city its
appearance by its fine buildings, monuments and mansions. Aix-en-Provence
city of Culture is the birthplace of Paul Cézanne who has often
represented the Mount Sainte Victoire nearby, but also the writer Emile
Zola who grew up in Aix. Today Aix-en-Provence is a dynamic city, university
town and the city of new technology. It can be seen in the museum of old
Aix, the Granet Museum (art museum), the Fondation Vasarely, Cézanne's
garden. International Festival of Lyric Art is one of the most important
in France.