Thiers, Marseille
{{Short description|Administrative quarter of the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
Thiers ({{IPA|fr|tjɛʁ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Thiers.wav}}) is a neighbourhood ({{langx|fr|quartier}}) of the 1st arrondissement of Marseille. A cultural and student quarter in the centre of Marseille, it is located between Place Jean-Jaurès and La Canebière, near the Vieux-Port.{{Cite web |date=2016-01-14 |title=Thiers, quartier village à visiter |url=https://www.provence7.com/portails/villes-et-villages/marseille-a-visiter-de-a-a-z/thiers-quartier-village-a-visiter/ |access-date=2022-01-11 |language=fr-FR}}
Description
The centre of the district is the Lycée Thiers, the oldest school in Marseille, which gave it its name. A network of cultural institutions has developed around the school: at the end of the Place du Lycée is the Théâtre du Gymnase, and, on the premises of the school itself, the Couvent des Bernardines.{{Base Mérimée|PA00081330|Chapelle du Lycée Thiers (ou chapelle des Bernardines), actuellement entrepôt}}
In this district is the Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, a néo-gothic church dedicated in 1886.
The headquarters of the Faculty of Economics and Management of Aix-Marseille is also located here, 95 Long des Capucins Street.{{Cite web |title=Faculté d’Économie et de Gestion |url=https://feg.univ-amu.fr/fr |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=feg.univ-amu.fr}}
History
The school and the district owe their name to Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), first President of the French Third Republic, born in Bouc-Bel-Air situated between Marseille, Gardanne and Aix-en-Provence.
The district was sealed off by the Vichy militia during the Occupation of France by Nazi Germany, and the school was used as police headquarters.{{Cite book |last=Baudoin |first=Madeleine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-mVDwAAQBAJ&dq=Lyc%25C3%25A9e%2520thiers%2520police%2520vichy&pg=PT228 |title=Histoire des groupes francs (M.U.R.) des Bouches-du-Rhône, de septembre 1943 à la Libération: Thèse pour le Doctorat d'Université présentée à la Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines de l'Université de Caen |date=1962-01-01 |publisher=(Presses universitaires de France) réédition numérique FeniXX |isbn=978-2-7059-1021-1 |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Musée de la résistance en ligne |url=http://museedelaresistanceenligne.org/media9677-Trois-chefs-miliciens-devant-la-cour-de-justice-de-Marseille-fA |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=museedelaresistanceenligne.org}}
The district was the epicentre of the May 68 demonstrations in Marseille.{{Cite book |last=Ross |first=Kristin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXjpAWn9O6oC&dq=Mai%252068%2520lyc%25C3%25A9e%2520thiers&pg=PA229 |title=Mai 68 et ses vies ultérieures |date=2005 |publisher=Editions Complexe |isbn=978-2-8048-0020-8 |pages=229 |language=fr}}
In the early 2020s, the school built a boarding school in the street next to the school, rue Sénac-de-Meilhan, in two six-storey buildings for the students of the school and the preparatory classes.{{Cite web |title=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur : Rentrée lycéenne |url=https://destimed.fr/Provence-Alpes-Cote-d-Azur-Rentree-lyceenne-chargee-pour-Renaud-Muselier |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=destimed.fr |language=fr}}
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