Transhumance has returned to Aix for the show. It is a privileged moment for those who do not know. The Cours Mirabeau is already a splendid place, but you have to stroll through the old town. It is teeming with "mascarons", these decorations adorning the buildings in the form of human figures, often frightening because their function was to ward off evil spirits to prevent them from entering the house. Magnificent atlanteans and caryatids also adorn some facades. Atlanteans represent human figures whose function is to support an architrave instead of a column or a pillar. The name Atlante evokes the myth of Atlas who carries the sky on his shoulders. The commercial court on the Cours Mirabeau or the Vendôme pavilion are magnificent examples.

Cours Mirabeau is already a splendid place, but you have to stroll through the old town. It is teeming with "mascarons", these decorations adorning the buildings in the form of human figures, often frightening because their function was to ward off evil spirits to prevent them from entering the house. Magnificent atlanteans and caryatids also adorn some facades. Atlanteans represent human figures whose function is to support an architrave instead of a column or a pillar. The name Atlante evokes the myth of Atlas who carried the sky on his shoulders. The commercial court on the Cours Mirabeau or the Vendôme pavilion are magnificent examples.

Aix-en-Provence is also extremely rich in street statues of a religious nature. the city has around a hundred of them and it is difficult to walk down a street without seeing at least one.

Founded in 122 BC. AD under the name of Aquae Sextiae by the Roman garrison of Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Aix later became the capital of the county of Provence. A spa town since Antiquity, Aix-en-Provence has an important cultural heritage.