La Maison de Nostradamus, Salon de Provence

Museum dedicated to Nostradamus

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This museum in the old town of Salon de Provence is dedicated to Nostradamus, who was most famously known for his predictions about the future.

He was born in St Remy and later moved to Salon de Provence where he died in 1566.

The museum is dedicated to his life, which he spent looking at medicine, astrology, pharmacology and philosophy.

There are permanent and temporary exhibits to see and an audio guided tour is available in five different languages French, English, German, Italian and Spanish as well as a bookshop.

Worth knowing

Michel de Notredame, said Nostradamus , born December 14, 1503 in Saint Remy de Provence and died July 2, 1566 in Salon-de-Provence, was a French apothecary and also a doctor.

He practiced astrology as the majority of his colleagues at the Renaissance. Notoriously known for his predictions on how the world works; it is considered by many as one of the most accurate prophets in history.

In his book "Prophecies", he wrote more than a thousand poetic verses of four lines called "quatrains" that appear to predict the future.

Michel began to have visions at a very early age. He was able to look in a bowl of water, stared for a while, and was then able to "receive" visions of the future. Nostradamus attributed predictions from the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 to the rise of Hitler in the 1930s However, what remains a mystery is the source of his visions and ability to predict the future so accurately.