Place Jean-Jaurès

It features a statue of Jean Jaurès and numerous bars with terraces shaded by plane trees.

The square occupies the site created by the 1794 demolition of the old Church of Our Lady of the Tablets, which dated back to the 11th century.

[6] On November 7, 1662, King Louis XIII of France was welcomed here by Consul Boniface de Cabannes.

[9] As a result, a commemorative sculpture by Louis Botinelly on the corner of rue Sibié and Place Jean-Jaurès was dedicated on November 16, 1930, by aviators Dieudonné Costes and Maurice Bellonte.

[11] In 2016, a competition was realized to renovate the Place, which was met with stark opposition by the local residents when implementation started in 2018, seeing riots and confrontations with police and security forces.

The lack of participation and consultation as well as the concomitance of the building collapse Rue d'Aubagne exacerbated the conflict.