{"id":18,"date":"2006-10-30T21:51:58","date_gmt":"2006-10-30T11:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=18"},"modified":"2006-10-30T21:51:58","modified_gmt":"2006-10-30T11:51:58","slug":"notes-from-france-aix-en-provence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/france\/notes-from-france-aix-en-provence","title":{"rendered":"Aix-en-Provence  &#8211; Country Roads of France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aix-en-Provence<\/strong> is noted as a <em>&#8220;City of Fountains&#8221;<\/em> and three of the best are on <strong>Le Cours Mirabeau<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0This beautiful tree-lined street, built in 1649 for horse-drawn coaches, links the Mazarin quarter to the south with the old commercial town to the north.\u00a0 Elegant 17th and 18th century buildings with wrought iron balconies line the street, which was once where the city\u2019s social life took place.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The best place to start an exploration of this town is probably to start at <strong>La Rotonda<\/strong>.\u00a0 On top of this monumental fountain are three statues representing Justice (facing Aix-en-Provence), Agriculture (facing Marseilles) and the Arts (facing Avignon).\u00a0 The three main fountains located in Cours Mirabeau are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>La Fontaine des Neuf Canons<\/em> \u2013 The Nine Canons Fountain built in 1691<\/li>\n<li><em>La Fontaine d\u2019eau Chaude<\/em>, a mossy looking fountain fed by hot water from the Bagniers spring<\/li>\n<li><em>La Fontaine du Roi Rene<\/em> \u2013 this 19th century fountain includes the statue of Good King Rene, holding a bunch of grapes in his hand.\u00a0 King Rene is believed to have brought the famous Muscat grapes to Provence.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Towards the far end of cours Mirabeau, look out for <strong>Les Deux Garcons caf\u00e9<\/strong>, previously frequented by <strong>Cezanne<\/strong> ( Aix\u2019s most famous son) and his friends, including <strong>Zola<\/strong>.\u00a0 Also look out for <strong>Le Passage Agard<\/strong>, through which you will find a Carmelite convent.<\/p>\n<p>One disappointing aspect of this town is that Cours Mirabeau is also a busy vehicular thoroughfare.\u00a0 Vans and garbage trucks drive through this narrow street and it gets quite chaotic at crossroads.\u00a0 When you\u2019re trying to get a shot of any of the fountains or appreciate its history, look out for the cars.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aix-en-Provence is noted as a &#8220;City of Fountains&#8221; and three of the best are on Le Cours Mirabeau.\u00a0\u00a0This beautiful tree-lined street, built in 1649 for horse-drawn coaches, links the Mazarin quarter to the south with the old commercial town to the north.\u00a0 Elegant 17th and 18th century buildings with wrought iron balconies line the street, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,2193,25,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-roads-of-france","category-europe-sept-oct-2006","category-france","category-provence-france"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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