This is the online dictionary of France developed by Free Light Software. By clicking on a French word, you can find France related sites from French search engines. By clicking on a globe icon, you can display the locality on maps of France and Paris. By clicking on a thumbnail picture, you can enlarge it. | Japanese version | |
Aix-en-ProvenceFrench words: Aix-en-Provence , Aixalternative words: Aix keywords: southern france , tourist resort , town related topics: Marseille related web sites: http://www.mairie-aixenprovence.fr , http://www.aix-en-provence.com , http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com explanation: Located in north of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence was founded in 123 BC by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus and named Aquae Sextiae because of its hot spring. During the middle ages, Aix-en-Provence was the capital of a prosperous Provence earldom inside Holy Roman empire but annexed by France in 1487. Though an university was founded in 1409, Aix-en-Provence has remained an agreeable town with a tree lined street, Cours-Mirabeau, named for the memory of a local French politician. Its population is 134,000. | |