| Revision as of 22:50, 23 April 2012 editSilver starfish (talk | contribs)227 edits cite City Trees← Previous edit | Revision as of 16:27, 3 May 2012 edit undoThe Anomebot2 (talk | contribs)Bots, Extended confirmed users1,043,658 edits Adding geodata: {{coord missing|France}}Next edit → | ||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
| * , GénéProvence. | * , GénéProvence. | ||
| {{coord missing|France}} | |||
| ] | ] | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 3 May 2012
The quartier Mazarin is a district in the southern part of Aix-en-Provence, south and west of the cours Mirabeau, planned in 1646 by Michel Mazarin, brother of the Cardinal and Archbishop of Aix from 1645-8.
It is laid out on a grid plan, with numerous examples of Hôtel particulier and ornate fountains.
References
- Hotels, mansions, Aix en Provence history - Tourism France
- Scott Nygren (2007). Time Frames: Japanese Cinema And the Unfolding of History. University of Minnesota Press. p. 208. ISBN 0816647089.
- Henry W. Lawrence (2008). City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance Through the Nineteenth Century. University of Virginia Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0813928001.
- Inès Castaldo, Le Quartier Mazarin. Habiter noblement à Aix-en-Provence., coll. « Le Temps de l'Histoire », Presses universitaires de Provence, 2011.
External links
- « Aix-en-Provence - Le quartier Mazarin », office de tourisme.
- « Le quartier Mazarin ou l'Aix du XVIIe siecle », GénéProvence.
 | This Bouches-du-Rhône geographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |