Younger he was often accompanied Emile Zola

Cézanne has more than once rendered tribute to the ochre facade with well aligned blue shutters. When he arpentait the Aix countryside, he was often in the bastide, and, as if by magic, the inspiration he had. It is true that the landscapes of his native Provence will have fascinated him all his life. The make single-minded! During a stay in Annecy, he wrote about his country: "when one is born there, it is damn, nothing says you more! In fact, throughout his life, Cézanne ceased through the country roads. Younger, he was often accompanied Emile Zola. Until the end, he stubbornly planta his easel, delivering a combat solitary with the canvas, sometimes armed with a knife, sometimes of a brush.

His universe of inspiration will deliver us a few treasures: the family home of Jas de Bouffan, L'atelier des Lauves, Montbriand et Bellevue.

The property which has our attention is other than the latter. La bastide de Bellevue was acquired, in the 1880s by the sister of the painter, Rose Cornil.

It occupies an important place in the work of Cézanne, is that he the attended diligently in the years 1880-1990. He immortalized not only the House and its famous pigeon House, but also the surrounding countryside and especially the mountain Sainte-Victoire, clearly visible from the property. At this time, remains, of course, a collection of famous paintings in the world, and unfortunately scattered in major museums ("Bellevue Pigeonnier", "The home of Bellevue", "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire Bellevue"view, "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire large pine"...), but also a magnificent bastide perched on the promontory, flanked by 20 hectares of land whose paths invite to go in the footsteps of the painterto get lost in the fields of wheat, olive trees, almond trees...

Lovers of authentic homes, the current owners have respectfully renovated it during five years into a true work of art. Outside as inside, the luxury operates. The House distributes several levels punctuated terraces, all built around a stunning Moorish style patio where throne a fountain. Two entries are possible in contrast one another, but that owners were considered as main, opens at the ground floor of a string of parts to the generous dimensions (Office, room TV, dining room, living room, large kitchen giving on a terrace and with a reserve, bedroom with dressing and bathroom complete) whose soil is completely paved in stone of the Lebanon of 17th and 18th centuries. In Garden, part 2 additional rooms, a splendid wine cellar vaulted stone from Bourgogne, gym room and a hammam. The upper floor hosts 4 other rooms with bathroom and dressing. To add a guard House, a garage (3 cars), a workshop and, of course, the famous Dovecote. A swimming pool with pool house infinity complemented everything. Surely an exception property. Its price is not less.

But, on the side of real estate, Aix-en Provence does not have a reputation for being cheap. As everywhere, the slowdown of activity makes goods between 500,000 and 900,000 more difficult to sell euros. "They are all 100,000 or 150,000 euros too," says Caroline Laurent of the eponymous Agency, who has made a specialty of the goods. Beyond this price band, on the other hand, the market remains well oriented. "We still have as many buyers, says Caroline Laurent, we encounter a customer especially French, residing on the territory or expatriate, including London and seeking a home. I have even of Marseillais seeking the calm of the Aix countryside... "Above and 2 million euros, the purchasers are always more numerous than property placed on the market. Among the most sought after areas, the centre of Aix-en-Provence, but also areas such as Puyricart, Tholonet and Cézanne road, where beautiful houses with large properties are commonly exchanged between 1.3 and 1.8 million euros. Same thing to the Pinchinats.