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'Aix possesses many beautiful fountains, one of which in the Cours Mirabeau is surmounted by a statue of le bon Roi René, count of Provence, who held a brilliant court in Aix in the 15th century.'
Then two paragraphs later...
'King René's Fountain, built in the 19th century, of Roi René holding a bunch of Muscat grapes, which he introduced into Provence'
Can we please lose this duplication?
Rednaxela 16:44, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
Stephane Lissner has left the festival to run La Scala in Milan. I'm not sure who's taken over the festival management.
I have varying figures for Aix's population. [1] or [2] For this reason the citation tag must stay. Removal without valid reference will constitute vandalism. Michellecrisp ( talk) 15:23, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Would be good to have some references to back up the economy section. Consistent with other articles surely the most prominent industries should be listed. Is chocolate really a big industry in Aix? Michellecrisp ( talk) 04:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
This tourist blurb, issued by the Tourist Office in Aix, is inappropriate for use as a primary source of facts for WP, only as a possible double check. It contains only a very limited amount of information. Far more accurate and scholarly information can be found -in the French language - on the web site of the city of Aix (including detailed information about archeological sites, currently under excavation). Or for that matter in published books. Mathsci ( talk) 07:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
The first sentence of this article is convoluted and unnecessarily difficult to decipher. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.232.66.156 ( talk) 04:36, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
The curent Mayor has been elected in 2001 and elected again in 2008 until 2014 if nothing special happen. Should we put Mayor 2001-2014 or keep 2008-2014 ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Killy-the-frog ( talk • contribs) 21:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Anyone know the diff tween the [ajs] and [zaj] pronunciations? kwami ( talk) 11:27, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Some women used to live place d'Albertas and in the nearest part of Rue Espariat. What was their job ? (You might find help with the following picture and looking at the first floor's windows' railing. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Place-Albertas-Aix.jpg ) An Aix's resident. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.203.154.141 ( talk) 16:02, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
The image gallery was carefully selected to give a good impression of Aix and its immediate surroundings (Jas de Bouffan). Some of the images were specially uploaded for this purpose from flickr. The gallery has been in its present form since 2007. However, because the copyright status of some images are only now being verified, one flickr image (Pavillon de Vendome) had to be replaced very recently. To blank the larger proportion of the gallery as a consequence without discussion after four years consensus seems unhelpful. During the period 2007-2011, there have several related new constructions in Aix, in particular the Grand Theatre de Provence, the Pavillon Noir, the Allees Provencales and the Pasino. An image of the Grand Theatre should probably be included somewhere in the article as it is now one of the major modern buildings in Aix. Other changes in the near future are (a) new premises for the conservatoire next door to the Pavillon Noir and (b) the permanent installation of the collection "Jean Planque" [4] [5] [6] in an annex of the Musee Granet (the chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, currently being redeveloped). Mathsci ( talk) 07:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
The picture caption Espariat Street doesn't look right to me. We should replace this with the original rue Espariat Anyone object? Andrew Hennigan 08:27, 26 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewhennigan ( talk • contribs)
Contrary to a number of comments here and elsewhere, 'Aix' is not derived from the Roman (misnamed 'Latin') word for 'water' (aqua). It is from a far more distant source, somewhere between proto-European and Celtic - thus pre-dating by perhaps half a millennium the foundation of Rome.
The name 'aix' should be understood to comprise a pronunciation for the 'x' that now remains only in Portuguese, in which it has a sound very close to 'sh' as in 'shush'. (In fact, in Brazil, cheeseburgers are advertised as 'Xis', for the English word 'cheese'.) In Ireland, there is a town in the north presently named 'Assaroe' in English , which derives from the old Irish 'eas Aodh Rua', meaning 'the cascade of Red Hugh'. This naming is dated by Keating to around 1400BC.
The continental and insular p-Celtic and the earlier Irish q-Celtic had many differences, but the words for very primal things tended to remain very close - names for fire, water, rivers and other physical features. The Old Irish 'eas' is the same as the old p-Celtic Gaulish 'aix' - a cascade, waterfall or similar.
It would shed a useful illumination of early Celtic migration sources if we could identify places in the near east, Turkey, Syria, Greece, the coasts of the Black and Caspian Seas and also north and western Spain and Portugal which have place-names comprising a similar sound to 'eas' or 'aix'.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Swimtwobirds ( talk • contribs) 05:48, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Since there are flag icons for the partner city of Philadelphia, as well as other major American cities, such as Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, I have restored the flag icons in this article. Neither wikipedia policy nor current consensus on WikiProject Cities supports the unilateral edits made by John. It has been common practice for a long period (8 years or more) to accompany bare lists of sister cities/international relations with flag icons if desired. This is in accordance with WP:MOSICON. John has written elsewhere that the use of flag icons is to the detriment of the project. Unsurprisingly very few people have so far agreed with him. It is hardly a burning issue and I am surprised that John appears to be making it so. As far as discussions go, instead of discussing the use of flag icons in all city articles, John started a discussion on WikiProject Cities solely concerning US cities. That was a direct result of discussions with me on User talk:John, where I mentioned the cities above (amongst others). Wikipedia does not differentiate between cities in the USA and cities in the rest of the world. I started a discussion concerning this issue for all cities on WikiProject Cities. John has made multiple edits to articles on cities in Germany and France, removing flag icons. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] He has not done so on any articles about American cities. Mathsci ( talk) 08:20, 8 September 2012 (UTC) (slightly redacted)
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I found it strange that no mention is made of Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, much of which centers on the fictitious city of Plassans, the name chosen by Zola for Aix-en-Provence, where he grew up. 83.250.76.132 ( talk) 20:25, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
That is disturbing we have more then 1 person in Military Intelligene. How artificial is intelligence getting to override human intelligence? Placing AIX system in jeapardy. 199.30.127.207 ( talk) 14:22, 17 June 2023 (UTC)