| Museums - Aix en Provence |
Sites and Monuments around Aix en Provence.
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| The Milles Memorial |
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The Tuilerie des Milles was the only camp in France used both for internment, transit and deportation. Outside view of the Tuilerie (tile factory), an imposing red-brick structure, unchanged to the present day. In this former refectory of the camp guards,murals painted by interned artists recall that many members of the German and Austrian intelligentsia were interned here. The deportees' path leads to a commemorative pillar and a contemporary train carriage, a reminder of the thousands of Jews deported from Les Milles to Auschwitz via Drancy.
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| The Entremont Oppidum |
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The excavations undertaken at the site since 1946 have revealed traces of a defended settlement (ramparts to the North of the plateau) and an advanced civilisation with shops, warehouses and workshops and also a large building thought to be a shrine. A visit to Entremont merits a trip to the archaeological rooms in the Granet Museum (town centre). One may admire the collections from this site, statues and bas-relief of as well as impressive severed heads.
Entremont Oppidum -3km to the north from Aix toward Puyricard
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| The Bibemus Quarries |
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Situated between Aix-en-Provence and Vauvenargues, the ochre quarries have provided stone for several monuments and hotels which are characteristic of Aix. From November 1985, in order to paint from nature, Cezanne rented a cottage here.
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| Domaine du Grand Saint Jean |
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Built on a Salyen oratory and around an 11th century chapel, the Grand Saint Jean estate is one of the most remarkable pieces of architectural heritage and scenery in Aix-en- Provence. Its open air theatre hosts shows from the Festival of Lyric Art.
North of Aix en Provence between the National 7 and Rognes.
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