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Rows of squash in a market in Aix-en-Provence, France (courtesy, Aix en Provence Tourism)
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The most charming center in all Provence, this faded university town was once a seat of aristocracy, its streets walked by counts and kings. Founded in 122 B.C. by a Roman general, Caius Sextius Calvinus, who named it Aquae Sextiae after himself, Aix (pronounced "ex") has been, in turn, a Roman military outpost, a civilian colony, the administrative capital of a province of the later Roman Empire, the seat of an archbishop, and the official residence of the medieval comtes de Provence. After the union of Provence with France, Aix remained until the Revolution a judicial and administrative headquarters.
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Avenue de la Violette
Aix en Provence 13100 Map Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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Sofitel Marseille Vieux Port
36, boulevard Charles Livon
Marseilles 13007 Map Distance: 17.1 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class:
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Abbaye de Sainte Croix
Route du Val-de-Cuech
Salon-de-Provence 13300 Map Distance: 18.3 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class:
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AttractionsAtelier de Cézanne
Outside town
9 av. Paul-Cézanne Aix-en-Provence, France Distance: 0.6 mi. (from destination center) Description: Cézanne was the major forerunner of cubism. This house, surrounded by a wall and restored... Read More Chapelle Penitents-gris (Chapelle des Bourras)
15 rue Lieutaud
Aix-en-Provence, France Distance: 0.7 mi. (from destination center) Description: This 16th-century chapel honoring St. Joseph was built on the ancient Roman Aurelian road... Read More Musée des Tapisseries
28 place des Martyrs de la Résistance
Aix-en-Provence, France Distance: 0.7 mi. (from destination center) Description: Three series of tapestries from the 17th and 18th centuries line the gilded walls of this former... Read More AirportsMajor Airports near Aix-en-Provence
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