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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.

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Notable monuments, buildings and residents

The descriptions below are taken from Bouyala d'Arnaud (1964) and Castaldo (2011).

Cours Mirabeau (south side)

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Hôtel d'Esmivy de Moussac

Maison de Vacon

Hôtel d'Isoard-Vauvenargues

Former Benedictine monastery

Hôtel de Fauris-de-Vincens

Hôtel de Mougins-Roquefort

Hôtel de Meryronnet Saint-Marc

Hôtel de Forbin

Hôtel d'Entrechaux

Hôtel Courtès

Hôtel d'Espagnet

Hôtel de Suffren

Hôtel Saint-Ferréol

Hôtel Gassendi

Hôtel de Perrin

Rue Mazarine

Hôtel de Ribbe

Hôtel de Marignane

Hôtel de Guillebert de la Lauzière

Rue Goyrand

Hôtel de Lagoy

Hôtel de Tressemanes

Hôtel de Félix du Muy

Hôtel de Gallifet

Hôtel de Simiane

Rue Fernand-Dol

Hôtel de Bonnet de la Baume

Place Saint-Jean-de-Malte

Church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte

Musée Granet

Rue Cardinale

Hôtel d'Agay

Hôtel de Joursanvault

Former Convent of the Pères de la Merci

Chapelle des Andrettes

Lycée Mignet

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Émile Zola was a boarder at the Lycée Mignet (then the Collège Bourbon) from 1852 until 1858. There as an adolescent he formed a close friendship with Baptistin Baille and Paul Cézanne. Following the death of his father François Zola in 1847 and the subsequent collapse of his canal company in 1853, reduced means forced his mother to seek more modest accommodation in Aix. They lodged twice in the quartier Mazarin: briefly in 1853-1854 at 8 rue Roux-Alphéran (at the time rue Longue-Saint-Jean); and in 1857-1859 at 2 rue Mazarine, where Zola spent the summers of 1858 and 1859 in the small set of attic rooms.