Église St-Jean de Malte

Aix-en-Provence


This 13th-century Gothic church in Aix’s Quartier Mazarin, built as a fortified place of worship by the Knights Hospitaller, was the first of its kind in Provence and was once the burial place of the medieval Counts of Provence. It sports a 67m tower, and its ancient priory has been converted into the wonderful Musée Granet.


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1. Musée Granet

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Aix established one of France's first public museums here, on the site of a former Hospitallers' priory, in 1838. Nearly 200 years of acquisitions …

2. Place des Quatre Dauphins

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This especially charming square in the Quartier Mazarin has a baroque fountain (1667) with water-spouting dolphins.

3. Fontaine du Roi René

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In the centre of cours Mirabeau is this lovely sculpted fountain from 1823, depicting the 15th-century king holding muscat grapes (which he reputedly…

4. Fontaine d’Eau Chaude

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Dating to 1667, this small fountain, the first along the Cours Mirabeau, is fed by 18ºC spring water that encourages the diversity of greenery with which…

5. Caumont Centre d’Art

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The Caumont is a stellar art space housed inside the Mazarin quarter’s grandest 18th-century hôtel particulier (mansion). While there are three quality…

6. Cours Mirabeau

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No streetscape better epitomises Provence’s most graceful city than this 440m-long, fountain-studded street, sprinkled with Renaissance hôtels…

7. Église de la Madeleine

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Across from the Palace of Justice, this 17th-century church only received its monumental facade in the 19th century, and has an imposing obelisk out the…

8. Parc Jourdan

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South of Aix’s centre is the peaceful Parc Jourdan, home to the town’s Boulodrome Municipal, where locals gather beneath plane trees to play pétanque. An…