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Musee du Vieil Aix 17, rue Gaston de Saporta, Hotel d'Estienne de St Jean, Aix-en-Provence, 13100 |
One of the better museums in Aix, in spite of its modest size. Interesting though sporadic collections, especially regarding the ancient popular festivals. One of its famous hightlights, a tableau with...
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Pavillon Vendome 32, rue Celony, Aix-en-Provence, 13100 |
As you enter from the Rue Celony, you find a pleasant formal garden and a haven of coolness and peace, just a few metres from the noisy traffic on the Cours Sextius. The pavilion was built in 1665 by Pierre Pavillon. The... more
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Tambourin Festival Various venues, Aix-en-Provence |
The festival programme includes evening concerts, street entertainment and a forum on the festival Sunday with a musical presentation gathering 300 musicians, as well as instrument makers introducing visitors to their cr... more
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Short Film Festival 37 Boulevard A Briand, Aix-en-Provence, 13100 |
The International Short Film Competition is open to 35 mm & 16mm films with optical soundtracks, a running time not exceeding 30 min and completed after 1st January 2006. Promotional films and strictly documentary fi... more
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Aix-en-Provence Lyric Festival Palais de l'Archeveche, Aix-en-Provence, 13100 |
As Edinburgh is Festival City to Britain, so Aix-en-Provence fulfils this role for France, with the Lyric Festival, founded in 1948, bringing the very best of music and opera to various historic venues in the town. In ad... more
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Marche des 13 Desserts La Rotonde, Aix-en-Provence, 13100 |
Never mind the Three Kings, in Aix-en-Provence at Christmas time, the talk is just as likely to be about the Thirteen Desserts. Each December, more than 20,000 sweet-toothed visitors head to the city's Place Jeanne d'Arc... more
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Old Book Market Place de l'Hotel de Ville, Aix-en-Provence, 13100 |
Zola grew up as the son of a civil engineer - the irrigation canal which saved the area from drought is named after his father, Francois Zola, who died shortly before its completion. Before reaching fame (and later exile... more
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New Oil and Truffle Fair Place de la Rotonde, Aix-en-Provence, 13100 |
Christmas time is the best time of the year to indulge, and what's better than olive oil and fresh truffles. The first offerings of the virgin oil are sold together with fresh truffles in this fair. Truffle is a real del... more
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Santons Fair Avenue Victor-Hugo, Aix-en-Provence, 13100 |
The Santon is a Provencale Christmas emblem and a regular feature throughout France. A small figure sculpted out of clay, each is intricately carved and painted to resemble a key figure of the nativity scene. As well as ... more
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Cite du Livre 8-10 rue des Allumettes, Aix-en-Provence, 13090 |
Cité du Livre is a meeting place for all forms of artistic expression. Built around the rich heritage foundations of the Méjanes library (the Marquis of Méjanes left a collection of 80,000 volumes wh... more
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