Aix-en-Provence Music Festival, July Classical Music
Aix-en-Provence
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These venues for the Music Festival event in July are a
short walk from the mid point of the Cours Mirabeau and its
many benches and cafés.
Between events this can be pleasant place to people
watch. The northern section of the city in the area of the
Cathedral of St. Sauveur is given over to mostly
pedestrian-only streets and "Semi Pedestrian-Only
Streets"
Wade into the heart of Aix-en-Provence on its winding,
narrow streets and visit the 1665 Pavilion De Vendome
and its gardens or walk through the narrow opening at the
Passage Agard and visit the Deux Garcons Café, a
haunt of Cezanne and rated a top restaurant.
On other walks you will find the many plazas and fountains.
You can walk to the hill from the Plaza Hotel de Ville
towards the first century edge of the city and pass the
medieval rampart and roman walls( Just a little wall
remaining) and visit the workshop of Cezanne. On the way,
you will pass Gothic St. Sauveur Cathedral and its
medieval chapel and the 1650s building housing the
Museum of Tapestries, (Archbishops Palace) one of the
music Festival venues
short walk from the mid point of the Cours Mirabeau and its
many benches and cafés.
Between events this can be pleasant place to people
watch. The northern section of the city in the area of the
Cathedral of St. Sauveur is given over to mostly
pedestrian-only streets and "Semi Pedestrian-Only
Streets"
Wade into the heart of Aix-en-Provence on its winding,
narrow streets and visit the 1665 Pavilion De Vendome
and its gardens or walk through the narrow opening at the
Passage Agard and visit the Deux Garcons Café, a
haunt of Cezanne and rated a top restaurant.
On other walks you will find the many plazas and fountains.
You can walk to the hill from the Plaza Hotel de Ville
towards the first century edge of the city and pass the
medieval rampart and roman walls( Just a little wall
remaining) and visit the workshop of Cezanne. On the way,
you will pass Gothic St. Sauveur Cathedral and its
medieval chapel and the 1650s building housing the
Museum of Tapestries, (Archbishops Palace) one of the
music Festival venues
On the south side of the Cours the
streets have a grid pattern and there
you will find the L'Eglise St. Jean De
Malte, a 12 the century Gothic church of
the Knights of Malta.
On the north side of the Cours, the old
town with its maze of narrow streets is
much larger and its older buildings
make it a great place to walk.
Trolleys and public buses also tour the
city. Info is available at the tourist office.
Follow the big i
streets have a grid pattern and there
you will find the L'Eglise St. Jean De
Malte, a 12 the century Gothic church of
the Knights of Malta.
On the north side of the Cours, the old
town with its maze of narrow streets is
much larger and its older buildings
make it a great place to walk.
Trolleys and public buses also tour the
city. Info is available at the tourist office.
Follow the big i
Entering the city by car, the best bet is to
head for the tourist info centers. Follow the
big
Paid parking is available with an
automated system of coin and receipt that
you place on your dashboard.
head for the tourist info centers. Follow the
big
Paid parking is available with an
automated system of coin and receipt that
you place on your dashboard.
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The Cours Mirabeau.
Each summer in July a music festival comes
to Aix-en-Provence and turns many halls,
churches and hotel courtyards into concert halls
and stages where Wagner and Mozart head
the bill of performances of opera and classical
music.
The event started in 1948 and has grown
steadily to become Provence's largest concert
series devoted to classical music and opera.
The main venues for performance are now the
Theatre de L'Archeveche, a theatre built at
the palace once the home of the Archbishop, a
restored 18th century theatre in the courtyard of
the Hotel Maynier d'Oppede, the Theatre
Jeu de Paumes, and a new theatre, the Grand
Theatre de Provence which opened in 2007.
to Aix-en-Provence and turns many halls,
churches and hotel courtyards into concert halls
and stages where Wagner and Mozart head
the bill of performances of opera and classical
music.
The event started in 1948 and has grown
steadily to become Provence's largest concert
series devoted to classical music and opera.
The main venues for performance are now the
Theatre de L'Archeveche, a theatre built at
the palace once the home of the Archbishop, a
restored 18th century theatre in the courtyard of
the Hotel Maynier d'Oppede, the Theatre
Jeu de Paumes, and a new theatre, the Grand
Theatre de Provence which opened in 2007.
You can walk to the
Theatre de
L'Archeveche from the
Cours Mirabeau in
about ten minutes. It is
north of the Cours
Mirabeau on Rue
Gaston de Sporta at the
Cathedral of Saint
Sauveur.
The Archbishops
Palace is now the
Museum of Tapestries
and the courtyard
becomes a stage for
the July Music Festival
Theatre de
L'Archeveche from the
Cours Mirabeau in
about ten minutes. It is
north of the Cours
Mirabeau on Rue
Gaston de Sporta at the
Cathedral of Saint
Sauveur.
The Archbishops
Palace is now the
Museum of Tapestries
and the courtyard
becomes a stage for
the July Music Festival
Theatre du Jeu de
Paume is located two
blocks east of the
cours de Mirabeau
beau, at 17 Rue de la
Opera.
Paume is located two
blocks east of the
cours de Mirabeau
beau, at 17 Rue de la
Opera.
The 5th Century
Baptistery ringed by
Roman columns in the
Cathedral of St Sauveur.
Baptistery ringed by
Roman columns in the
Cathedral of St Sauveur.
Hotel Maynier
d'Oppede is near the
Cathedral of Saint
Sauveur.
The hotel , now the
Institute of French
Studies opens its
courtyard for the music
festival.
d'Oppede is near the
Cathedral of Saint
Sauveur.
The hotel , now the
Institute of French
Studies opens its
courtyard for the music
festival.
The newest theatre venue in Aix is the modern ( 2007) Grand Theatre de Provence, on Avenue Max
Juvenal, a five minute walk (six blocks west ) from the rotary at the west end of the Cours Mirabeau. Parking
is available at the theatre which seats up to 1,366 and has capacity in the orchestra pit for 105 musicians.
With its curvilinear design and spacious patios, the thoroughly modern building stands as a great contrast to
the Gothic architecture of Aix-en-Provence.
Juvenal, a five minute walk (six blocks west ) from the rotary at the west end of the Cours Mirabeau. Parking
is available at the theatre which seats up to 1,366 and has capacity in the orchestra pit for 105 musicians.
With its curvilinear design and spacious patios, the thoroughly modern building stands as a great contrast to
the Gothic architecture of Aix-en-Provence.
Aix-en-Provence Music Festival, July comes to
Aix-en-Provence and turns many halls, churches and hotel
courtyards into concert halls and stages. Wagner and Mozart
head the bill of performances of opera and classical music
during the event which started in 1948 and has grown steadily
to become Provence's largest concert series of classical
music and opera.
Aix-en-Provence and turns many halls, churches and hotel
courtyards into concert halls and stages. Wagner and Mozart
head the bill of performances of opera and classical music
during the event which started in 1948 and has grown steadily
to become Provence's largest concert series of classical
music and opera.
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