Mazarin district
 Quartier of Aix-en-Provence |
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 31 '30 " N , 5 ° 27' 1" E |
| Residents | 2439 (2008) |
| Start-up | 1646 |
| INSEE code (IRIS) | 13001 0101 |
| Post Code | 13100 |
| Grand Quartier | Center-ville |
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The Mazarin district is a district with 2,439 inhabitants (as of 2008) in the French commune of Aix-en-Provence . It belongs to the Grand quartier Center-ville in the canton of Aix-en-Provence-Center .
location
The district is located in the southern part of the city center and is bordered by the streets Cours Mirabeau and Rue de l'Opéra in the north, the Place du Général du Gaulle in the northwest, the avenue Victor Hugo in the west, the Boulevard du Roi René in the south and the Boulevard Carnot delimited to the east. The largest east-west extension is 800 m . The greatest distance from north to south is around 320 m . Neighboring quarters are Villeneuve and Hypercentre in the north, which also belong to Center-ville , and Tanneurs in the north-west. Couronne Ouest partie sud in the west, Couronne Sud in the south and Couronne Est in the east belong to the Grand quartier Couronne Urbaine , which surrounds the city center.
history
The quarter was built between 1646 and 1653 as part of the city expansion south of the Cours Mirabeau. It was designed by Jean Lombard and goes back to the initiative of Michel Mazarin , who was the Archbishop of Aix at the time . As a typical feature of urban planning in the 17th century, the straight streets were laid out exclusively parallel and at right angles to one another.
Culture and sights
Place des Quatre Dauphins
The Place des Quatre Dauphins is a small square square that forms the center of the Mazarin district. It was included in the development of the district from the start and is located exactly at the intersection of the two axes, Rue Cardinale and Rue du 4 Septembre. In the center there is a small circular baroque fountain with four dolphin sculptures , the so-called Fontaine des Quatre-Dauphins . The fountain was built in 1667 by Jean-Claude Rambot and gave the square its name. The dolphins are the emblem of the Dauphiné landscape , which borders Provence to the north . At the same time, the respective heir to the throne of the King of France carried the title of Dauphin .
Elegant patrician houses from the 18th century stand around the square.
Townhouses
- The Hôtel de Caumont at 3 rue Joseph Cabassol was built in 1720 and is one of the most beautiful and largest palaces in the district. It has a large courtyard with a magnificent vestibule, the ceiling of which is supported by atlases. The building houses a conservatory that is named after the famous composer Darius Milhaud (1892–1974) from Aix .
- Today's Collège Auguste Mignet at 41 Rue Cardinale is the former Collège Royal-Bourbon , where Paul Cézanne became friends with Émile Zola and graduated from high school in 1858.
- The house where Paul Cézanne was born is located at 28 rue de l'Opéra in the north-east of the district.
More Attractions
- Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church (Rue Cardinale)
- Granet Art Museum (Rue Cardinale)
- Musée Paul-Arbaud (Rue du 4 Septembre)
- Cinema Cézanne (Rue Marcel Guillaume)
- Mazarin Cinema (Rue Laroque)
literature
- Stefan Brandenburg, Ines Mache: Provence. The complete guide for individual travel and discovery in Provence, the Camargue and Marseille. , Reise Know-How Verlag Rump, 6th updated edition, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-8317-1665-4 , p. 437.
Web links
- Site at the Tourist Office (French)
- Mazarin district. In: Structurae