Quartier Mazarin


The quartier Mazarin is a district in the centre of Aix-en-Provence, directly to the south of the cours Mirabeau, the principal boulevard in Aix. On the initiative of Archbishop Michel Mazarin, brother of the Cardinal Jules Mazarin and Archbishop of Aix from 1645-8 and later himself a cardinal, city plans were devised in 1646 by Jean Lombard, director of public works, to extend the city ramparts to the south, incorporating land owned by the Archbishopric of Aix and by the Order of Saint-Jean-de-Malte. Following a grid plan of streets, the quartier contains a large number of hôtels particuliers originally built for the nobility and wealthy merchant class.

Notable monuments, buildings and residents

Cours Mirabeau (south side)

Rue Mazarine

  • Hôtel de Ribbe
  • Hôtel de Marignane
  • Hôtel de Guillebert de la Lauzière

Rue Goyrand

Rue Fernand-Dol

  • Hôtel de Bonnet de la Baume

Place Saint-Jean-de-Malte

Rue Cardinale

  • Hôtel d'Agay
  • Hôtel de Joursanvault
  • Former Convent of the Pères de la Merci
  • Chapelle des Andrettes
  • Lycée Mignet

Rue Roux-Alphéran

Rue Joseph-Cabassol

Rue du Quatre-Septembre

Place des Quatre-Dauphins

  • Fontaine des Quatre-Dauphins

Rue Frédéric-Mistral

Rue d'Italie