This lane is one of my favorite places in Aix. The Passage Agard in Aix-en-Provence has a fascinating history. Once home to the Couvent des Grands Carmes, built in 1359, the site was seized, sold, divided into housing and partially destroyed during the French Revolution. However, some of the stores in the passageway still retain medieval features, such as sculptures and Gothic arches built into their walls. In 1825, a Protestant temple was opened in this area. Later, between 1846 and 1849, Félicien Agard, director of the Salins du Midi and member of the Académie d'Aix, acquired what remained of the convent and set about creating a thoroughfare between the Cours Mirabeau and the Place du Palais de Justice. However, his project could not be fully realized due to opposition from a property owner, so the gallery ends in a narrow passageway.