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Magnificent fountain with the Cours Mirabeau. Resting point and starting point for very diverse circuits and nearby countryside. The only downside: Aix en Provence is absolutely not equipped for cyclists, but fortunately you can get out of it quite quickly (Gametta and its roundabout below deserve to be very careful)

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A little rocky, ride gently

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In the 15th century, the architect Jean de Paris, Comptroller of Royal Buildings, designed the Villeneuve district, in the eastern part of the city, with a focus on perspectives and regular layouts. The "Boulevard Street" (Rue Emeric David) was the main alignment of the new district. Ledoux would center the facade of his new Palace on it. Built on the site of the former Palais Comtal, the Palais de Justice was commissioned in 1787 from Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, who had simultaneously envisioned the restructuring of the district. More than 200 houses were demolished to create this new building. The Revolution broke out, and work was suspended, only to resume in 1822, with slight modifications by Michel Penchaud, the prison architect. Completed in 1831, the Court moved there on November 13, 1832. Monuments to the glory of Siméon and Portalis* were erected in front of the Palace in 1842, works by the Aix-based Ramus, inaugurated on November 8, 1847. The neoclassical pediment, planned as on the Marseille Law Courts, was never built. Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis (1778-1807) was a brilliant jurist from Provence, a long-time lawyer in Aix and a member of the city council in 1789. Napoleon entrusted him, along with others, with the drafting of the Civil Code. Having become a Minister, he made his mark on the era by drafting the Concordat with the Churches of France.

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In front of the Palais de Justice stretches the Place des Prêcheurs, created in the 15th century, the center of public and social life before the creation of the Cours Mirabeau. Around 1640, the architect Jean Lombard continued the work begun by Jean de Paris during the expansion of the city with the Villeneuve district, by establishing the layout of the eastern bank of the Place des Prêcheurs with large buttresses of angled splays. The Fontaine des Prêcheurs was decorated in 1748 by Jean Pancrace Chastel with four medallions, destroyed in 1793 then reestablished in 1833, restored largely thanks to American patronage.

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The Rotonde, located on Place du Général de Gaulle, is where the past and future of Aix's urban development unfold. The square (100m in diameter) was created between 1840 and 1850. In 1860, the Rotonde fountain was built based on plans by the engineers Tournadre and Sylvestre. Twelve meters high, the fountain is constructed of cold stone and consists of two basins. Lions, dolphins, swans, and children, works by Truphème, adorn it. The three statues that surmount it represent Justice (toward the Cours), Agriculture (toward Marseille), and Fine Arts (toward Avignon), forming a star-shaped road. Ramus, Chabaud, and Ferrat are its creators. First supplied sparingly by the Zola canal (1854), then with full water every day by the Verdon canal (1875), it is now connected to the Provence canal.

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A passage through red earth climbing to the foot of Sainte Victoire

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Pablo Picasso lived from 1959 to 1961 in Vauvenargues Castle, which is located about 14 kilometers east of Aix-en-Provence. The 15th-century castle is located on a hill above the village of Vauvenargues. Picasso bought the property at the age of 77. Vauvenargues Castle offered Picasso a special view of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire, the favorite motif of his role model Paul Cézanne. Although Picasso only lived there for a few years, the castle has a special significance: he and his last wife Jacqueline Rocque are buried in the castle garden. The castle was not open to the public for a long time, but was opened to visitors for the first time in 2009.

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A very nice place

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