Place de l'Hotel de ville

Aix en Provence is a beautiful and noble town  whose origins date back to Roman times, it was the capital of the Counts of Provence and is the historic capital of art and culture of Provence.

Here there are more than 200 eighteenth-century villas, and is the birthplace of the great impressionist Paul Cézanne, the city where he spent most of his life and where he painted many of his masterpieces.  Aix en Provence is also an important university, with more than 30,000 students.