A cultural and student quarter in the centre of Marseille, it is located between Place Jean-Jaurès and La Canebière, near the Vieux-Port.
[1] The centre of the district is the Lycée Thiers, the oldest school in Marseille, which gave it its name.
The headquarters of the Faculty of Economics and Management of Aix-Marseille is also located here, 95 Long des Capucins Street.
[3] The school and the district owe their name to Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), first President of the French Third Republic, born in Bouc-Bel-Air situated between Marseille, Gardanne and Aix-en-Provence.
The district was sealed off by the Vichy militia during the Occupation of France by Nazi Germany, and the school was used as police headquarters.