The quartier Mazarin is a district in the centre of

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. ...

, directly to the south of the

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 ...

, the principal boulevard in Aix. On the initiative of

Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

Michel Mazarin, brother of the Cardinal

Jules Mazarin Cardinal Jules Mazarin (, also , , ; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino () or Mazarini, was an Italian cardinal, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis XIV ...

and

Archbishop of Aix The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles''; Occitan Provençal: ''Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle'' or ''Archidioucès ...

from 1645-8 and later himself a cardinal, city plans were devised in 1646 by Jean Lombard, director of public works, to extend the city ramparts to the south, incorporating land owned by the Archbishopric of Aix and by the Order of Saint-Jean-de-Malte. Following a

grid plan In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. Two inherent characteristics of the grid plan, frequent intersections and orthogona ...

of streets, the quartier contains a large number of '' hôtels particuliers'' originally built for the nobility and wealthy merchant class.

History

Notable monuments, buildings and residents

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Cours Mirabeau (south side)

Hôtel d'Esmivy de Moissac The Hôtel d'Esmivy de Moissac (a.k.a. Hôtel de Villars) is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Location It is located on the corner of the Cours Mirabeau and the Avenue Victor Hugo, in the centre of Aix-en ...

*Maison de Vacon *Hôtel d'Isoard-Vauvenargues *Former Benedictine monastery * Hôtel Raousset-Boulbon (Hôtel Fauris de Saint-Vincens) *Hôtel de Mougins-Roquefort *Hôtel de Meryronnet Saint-Marc *

Hôtel de Forbin The Hôtel de Forbin is a listed hôtel particulier An ''hôtel particulier'' () is a grand townhouse, comparable to the British townhouse or mansion. Whereas an ordinary ''maison'' (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with t ...

* Hôtel de Gueydan *Hôtel d'Entrechaux *Hôtel Courtès * Hôtel Maurel de Pontevès (Hôtel d'Espagnet) * Hôtel de Suffren *Hôtel Saint-Ferréol *Hôtel Gassendi *Hôtel de Perrin

Rue Mazarine

*Hôtel de Ribbe *Hôtel de Marignane *Hôtel de Guillebert de la Lauzière

Rue Goyrand

*Hôtel de Lagoy *Hôtel de Tressemanes *Hôtel de Félix du Muy * Hôtel de Gallifet * Hôtel de Simiane

Rue Fernand-Dol

*Hôtel de Bonnet de la Baume

Place Saint-Jean-de-Malte

Church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

Musée Granet The Musée Granet is a museum in the quartier Mazarin, Aix-en-Provence, France devoted to painting, sculpture and archeology. In 2011, the museum received 177,598 visitors. History The museum, adjacent to the Church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte, first o ...

Rue Cardinale

*Hôtel d'Agay *Hôtel de Joursanvault *Former Convent of the Pères de la Merci *Chapelle des Andrettes *Lycée Mignet :

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of ...

was a boarder at the Lycée Mignet (then the Collège Bourbon) from 1852 until 1858. There as an adolescent he formed a close friendship with

Baptistin Baille Baptistin Baille was born as Jean-Baptiste Baille in France, in 1841 and he died in 1918. He was a professor of optics and acoustics at the École de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in Paris and a close friend of Paul Cézanne, the impressioni ...

and

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a ...

. Following the death of his father François Zola in 1847 and the subsequent collapse of his canal company in 1853, reduced means forced his mother to seek more modest accommodation in Aix. They lodged twice in the quartier Mazarin: briefly in 1853-1854 at 8 rue Roux-Alphéran (at the time rue Longue-Saint-Jean); and in 1857-1859 at 2 rue Mazarine, where Zola spent the summers of 1858 and 1859 in the small set of attic rooms.

Rue Roux-Alphéran

*Former home of

Ambroise Roux-Alphéran Ambroise Roux-Alphéran (1776–1858) was a French public official and historian. Biography Early life Ambroise(-Thomas) Roux-Alphéran was born on 29 December 1776 in Aix-en-Provence. Career He served as clerk of the court of Aix-en-Provence u ...

*Hôtel de Boisseulh *Hôtel de Castillon * Hôtel Silvy (Hôtel Ripert de Monclar) *Hôtel Sallier

Rue Sallier

Rue Peysonnel

Rue Laroque

Rue Joseph-Cabassol

Hôtel de Caumont The Hôtel de Caumont is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence in France. Location It is located at 1 rue Joseph Cabassol, in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence. History It was designed by architects Robert de Cotte (1656–1735) ...

Rue du Quatre-Septembre

*Academy of Science, Agriculture, Arts and Letters of Aix *Hôtel de Saizieu * Hôtel de Villeneuve d'Ansouis *Hôtel d'Olivary * Hôtel de Boisgelin *Hôtel de Pigenat *Hôtel de Valori

Place des Quatre-Dauphins

*Fontaine des Quatre-Dauphins

Rue Frédéric-Mistral

*Former home of

Frédéric Mistral Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (; oc, Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel P ...

Rue d'Italie

*Hôtel de Garidel-Thoron *Outbuildings of Church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte *Former site of Church of Nôtre-Dame-de-la-Pitié and Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

Rues Maréchal-Joffre, Pavillon, Clovis-Hugues, Petit-Saint-Esprit, Saint-Joseph

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External links

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