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Culture

The French national anthem "La Marseillaise" is named for the troops from Marseille.

The most widely circulated tarot deck comes from Marseille.

It is called the Tarot de Marseille, and was used to play the local variant of tarocchi before it became used in cartomancy.

The place du Général de Gaulle in Marseille.

Music    

• The French rap band IAM is from Marseille
• Fonky Family
• Massilia Sound System
• Watcha Clan

Movies set in Marseille    

Marseille has been the setting of films, both Hollywood and local French films. This is a list of films set in Marseille in alphabetical order.

• 37°2 le matin (1986)
• Baise-moi (2000)
• Bye-Bye (1995)
• Comme un aimant (2000)
• The French Connection (1971) and its sequel (1975)
• Gomez & Tavarès (2003)
• La Lune dans le caniveau (1983)
• Marius (1931)
• Marius et Jeannette (1997)
• Roselyne et les lions (1989)
• Taxi (1998)
• Taxi 2 (2000)
• Taxi 3 (2003)
• The Transporter (2002)
• Trois places pour le 26 (1988)
• Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993)

Sports    

The city's football club is Olympique de Marseille, UEFA Champions League winner in 1993 but tainted by the 1990s match fixing scandal by then-owner Bernard Tapie.

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