Exhibition on Roman Aix
Guest Post · Provencal History & TraditionsSaturday sees the opening of the new expo at the Musée Granet: Aix Antique will whisk us back to Roman times to give us a taste of what the town must have been like in its heyday. There will be artefacts aplenty as digging out foundations for new buildings.
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