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Fontaine De La Rotonde
The Fontaine de la Rotonde is a historic fountain in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Location It is located on the ''Place de la Rotonde'', at the bottom of the Cours Mirabeau in the centre of Aix-en-Provence.''Aix en provence: Pays Aixois et Salonais'', Petit Futé, 2010, p. 13/ref>Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Cheryl A. Pientka, ''France For Dummies'', John Wiley & Sons, 2007, p. 37/ref> History The ''Place de la Rotonde'' was built from 1840 to 1850. Ten years later, in 1860, Théophile de Tournadre designed this fountain. It is 32 metre wide and 12 metre high. It is surrounded by bronze sculptures of twelve lions, sirens, swans, and angels on the backs of dolphins. At the top of the fountain are three sculptures of female figures presenting Justice (towards the Cours Mirabeau), Agriculture (towards Marseille) and the Fine Arts (towards Avignon). They were sculpted by Joseph-Marius Ramus (1805-1888), Hippolyte Ferrat (1822-1882) and Louis-Félix Chabaud Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bas Du Cours Mirabeau
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Fontaine De La Rotonde - Aix-en-Provence
Fontaine is a French word meaning fountain or natural spring or an area of natural springs. Places France *Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, in the Oise ''département'' *Bierry-les-Belles-Fontaines, in the Yonne ''département'' *Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, in the Rhône ''département'' * Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines, in the Yonne ''département'' *Fontaine, Aube, in the Aube ''département'' * Fontaine, Isère, in the Isère ''département'' * Fontaine, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort ''département'' * Fontaine-au-Bois, in the Nord ''département'' * Fontaine-au-Pire, in the Nord ''département'' *Fontaine-Bellenger, in the Eure ''département'' *Fontaine-Bonneleau, in the Oise ''département'' *Fontaine-Chaalis, in the Oise ''département'' *Fontaine-Chalendray, in the Charente-Maritime ''département'' * Fontaine-Couverte, in the Mayenne ''département'' *Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Vaucluse ''département'' *Fontaine de Vaucluse (spring), a spring in the Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The population of Aix-en-Provence is approximately 145,000. Its inhabitants are called ''Aixois'' or, less commonly, ''Aquisextains''. History Aix (''Aquae Sextiae'') was founded in 123 BC by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus, who gave his name to its springs, following the destruction of the nearby Gallic oppidum at Entremont. In 102 BC its vicinity was the scene of the Battle of Aquae Sextiae, where the Romans under Gaius Marius defeated the Ambrones and Teutones, with mass suicides among the captured women, which passed into Roman legends of Germani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and largest city is Marseille; other important cities include Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Martigues and Aubagne. Marseille, France's second-largest city, has one of the largest container ports in the country. It prizes itself as France's oldest city, founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea around 600 BC. Bouches-du-Rhône is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, with 2,043,110 inhabitants as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 13 Bouches-du-Rhône INSEE It has an area of . Its [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cours Mirabeau
The Cours Mirabeau is a wide thoroughfare in Aix-en-Provence, France. Overview 440 meters long and 42 meters wide, the Cours Mirabeau is one of the most popular and lively places in the town. It is lined with many cafés, one of the most famous being Les Deux Garçons and during its history frequented by famous French cultural figures such as Paul Cézanne, Émile Zola and Albert Camus. The street has wide sidewalks planted with double rows of plane-trees. The Cours Mirabeau is decorated by fountains, the most notable of which is the Fontaine de la Rotonde , a large fountain that makes up a roundabout at one end of the street. The street also divides Aix into two portions, the Quartier Mazarin, or "new town", which extends to the south and west, and the Ville comtale, or "old town", which lies to the north with its wide but irregular streets and its old mansions dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. History From 1646 onwards, rich locals started moving into the Mazarin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théophile De Tournadre
Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (God) and φιλία (love or affection) can be translated as "Love of God" or "Friend of God", i.e., it is a theophoric name, synonymous with the name ''Amadeus'' which originates from Latin, Gottlieb in German and Bogomil in Slavic. Theophilus may refer to: People Arts * Theophilus Cibber (1703–1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber * Theophilus Clarke (1776?–1831), English painter * Theophilos Hatzimihail (ca. 1870–1934), Greek folk painter from Lesbos * Theophilus Presbyter (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, and author of the best-known medieval "how-to" guide to several arts, including oil painting — thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen Historical * Theophilos (emperor) (800 to 805–842), Byzantine Emperor (reigned 829–842), the second of the Phrygian dynasty * Theophilus (geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a population of 93,671 as of the census results of 2017, with about 16,000 (estimate from Avignon's municipal services) living in the ancient town centre enclosed by its Walls of Avignon, medieval walls. It is Functional area (France), France's 35th largest metropolitan area according to Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, INSEE with 336,135 inhabitants (2019), and France's 13th largest urban unit with 458,828 inhabitants (2019). Its urban area was the fastest-growing in France from 1999 until 2010 with an increase of 76% of its population and an area increase of 136%. The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Marius Ramus
Joseph-Marius Ramus (1805-1888) was a French sculptor.Frédéric de Clarac, ''Musée de sculpture antique et moderne'', Imprimerie royale et impériale, 1841, p. 76/ref>''Journal des sçavans'', Librairie Klincksieck, 1832, p. 63/ref>René Borricand, ''Les trésors cachés d'Aix-en-Provence: ou, Les mille et une merveilles architecturales de la ville ancienne'', Borricand, 1972, p. 20/ref>André Fontainas, Louis Vauxcelles, Gabriel Mourey, ''Histoire générale de l'art français de la révolution à nos jours'', F. Sant'Andrea, L. Marcerou & cie., 1922, p. 19/ref> Biography He was born on June 19, 1805 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, ''Les rues d'Aix: ou, Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de la Provence'', Aubin, 1848, Volume 2, pp. 263-26/ref> He was taught by Jean-Pierre Cortot (1787–1843). According to Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin once said that in the same way as Marseille had Pierre P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippolyte Ferrat
Hippolyte Ferrat (1822–1882) was a French sculptor from Aix-en-Provence. He specialised in busts. He designed public sculptures in Provence as well as busts for private collections and city halls. His work can be found in museums in Europe and the United States. Early life Hippolyte Ferrat was born on August 9, 1822, in Aix-en-Provence, France. It was given to the city of Digne in 1868, and it is still in their collection to this day. In 1858, he designed a statue of François Denis Tronchet, another politician.Sculpture: Tronchet CNAP It was given to the city of |
Louis-Félix Chabaud
Louis-Félix Chabaud (1824–1902) was a French sculptor, engraver and medallist. Early life Louis-Félix Chabaud was born on March 14, 1824, in Venelles, in the South of France.Félix Louis Chabaud Career He designed many sculptures at the in Paris.Gérard Fontaine, ''Palais Garnier, le fantasme de l'Opéra'', Paris: Editions Noêsis, 1999, pp. 72 201 He won the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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