The Cours Saint-Louis is a street in
Marseille
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, named after
Louis of Toulouse
Saint Louis of Toulouse (9 February 1274 – 19 August 1297), also known as Louis of Anjou, was a Neapolitan prince of the Capetian House of Anjou and a Catholic bishop.
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Louis was born in Brignoles, Provence (or in Italy, at Nocera, whe ...
(elder brother of
Robert of Naples
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) rather than
Saint Louis. It is the location of small pavilions to designs by
Pascal Coste
Xavier Pascal Coste (26 November 1787 – 8 February 1879) was a French architect. He was at one time a personal architect for Muhammad Ali Pasha. As a seasoned traveller, his travels to Qajar Iran, aroused the interest of King Louis Philippe I ...
from which flowers are sold.
It is located just off a crossroads, with the route to the Place Castellane (via the Rue de Rome) leading off from one side, the route to the Porte d'Aix and its triumphal arch, completed in 1839 (the route also passes near the library Bibliothèque de L'Alcazar) leading off from the opposite side, two routes leading towards the Old Port (one of which being the famous La Canebière built in 1666 by King
Louis XIV
LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...
), a route towards Palais Longchamp (with a simple right turn onto the Canebèire).
With its close proximity to the famous daily vegetable marketplace of Noailles and also with an opening at the back, which meets up with the beginning of the Rue d'Aubagne (which leads up to Notre Dame-du-Mont), the Cours Saint-Louis forms a kind of unofficial central point both geographically and culturally of Marseille town centre.
Apart from being itself a historic place, it also features a few notable institutions such as La Chapellerie de Marseille (a famous hat shop), Toinou Coquillages (a sea food and shellfish restaurant established in 1956), as well as La Pharmacie du Père Blaize (a herbal chemist shop established in 1815), being just a few steps away in nearby Rue Méolan.
The Cours Saint-Louis is now easily accessible by a new section Tramway which runs directly through it.
Streets in Marseille
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