Provence Provence Provence (, ; ; "Prouvènço" , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River to the west to the Italian border to the east, and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrative "région" of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and includes the "départements" of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse. The largest city of the region is Marseille. The Romans made the region the first Roman province beyond the Alps and called it "Provincia Romana", which
Parliament of Aix-en-Provence A third were only recently ennobled, even though by 1769 it became practically impossible to join the Parliament if one failed to have four aristocratic ancestors. It was dismantled in September 1790, during the French Revolution. Parliament of Aix-en-Provence The Parliament of Aix-en-Provence was the regional parliament of Provence from 1501 to 1790. It was headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, which served as the "de facto" capital of Provence. The region of Provence became a member of the Kingdom of France in 1481. Two decades later, in 1501, King Louis XII of France (1462–1515) established the Parliament of Provence in Aix-en-Provence. By