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Chateau de Vauvenargues, Aix-en-Provence
The burial site of the artist Pablo Picasso
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This austere castle has a rich Provencal history but it is perhaps best well known for being the burial ground of Pablo Picasso. He bought the chateau in 1958 when he found out that the area had been much loved by Paul Cezanne. He stayed there between 1959 and 1961 and the castle still holds some of his personal belongings.
When he died in 1973, his wife Jacqueline and his eldest son Paulo chose to bury Picasso in the grounds of this chateau.
This is a private chateau so you can only admire it from the outside.
