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| The '''quartier Mazarin''' is a district in the southern part of ], south and west of the ], planned in 1646 by ], brother of ] and ] from 1645-8.<ref name="aixenprovencetourism.com"></ref> | The '''quartier Mazarin''' is a district in the southern part of ], south and west of the ], planned in 1646 by ], brother of ] and ] from 1645-8.<ref name="aixenprovencetourism.com"></ref> | ||
| It is laid out on a ],<ref>{{cite book | title=Time Frames: Japanese Cinema And the Unfolding of History | author=Scott Nygren | publisher=University of Minnesota Press | year=2007 | isbn=0816647089 | page=208 }}</ref> with numerous examples of ] and ornate fountains. | It is laid out on a ],<ref>{{cite book | title=Time Frames: Japanese Cinema And the Unfolding of History | author=Scott Nygren | publisher=University of Minnesota Press | year=2007 | isbn=0816647089 | page=208 }}</ref> with numerous examples of ] and ornate fountains.<ref>{{cite book | title=City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance Through the Nineteenth Century | author=Henry W. Lawrence | publisher=University of Virginia Press | year=2008 | isbn=0813928001 | pages=36-37 }}</ref> | ||
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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.
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