Marseille Tourism
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Provence - Alps
4, La Canebière,
13000 MARSEILLE
Phone : 04 91 13 89 00
Fax : 04 91 13 89 20
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Marseille (English alternative spelling Marseilles
is the second largest city in France and third largest metropolitan area.
Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port.
Marseille is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département.
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Local Attractions - Places to Visit
Among the notable tourist attractions of Marseille are:
- The Old Harbor
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde cathedral.
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Château d'If, an ancient prison island, where The Count of Monte Cristo was jailed, in Alexandre Dumas' novel.
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- Unité d'Habitation de Marseille, by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier.
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- The calanques.
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History
Marseille was founded in 600 B.C. by Greeks from Phocaea as a trading port under the name Μασσαλία (Massalia). More>>
Economy
Marseilles' harbor is the biggest in France and one of the most important of
the Mediterranean Sea.
Access / Local Transportation
Marseille is served by its own metro train system consisting of 2
lines represented by orange and blue. More>>
Administration
Marseille is divided into 16 municipal arrondissements, which are themselves divided into quartiers (111 in total). More>>
Demographics
The vast majority of the Marsellaise are descendants of the waves of immigrants that arrived at the port in the early 19th century. Among the ethnic groups of Marseillaise are Armenians, Spaniards, Italians, Greeks, Arabs, Jews, Russians and North Africans.
Approximately 25 per cent of Marseille’s population is of North African origin, mostly Algerian, and Tunisian. The Jewish community is also the third largest in Europe.
Culture
The French national anthem "La Marseillaise" is named for the troops from Marseille. More>>
Population
Marseille is the third largest metropolitan area with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census.
Famous People
Marseille was the birthplace of:
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Antonin Artaud (1897-1948), author
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Maurice Béjart (born 1927), ballet choreographer
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Jean-Henry Gourgaud, aka. "Dugazon" (1746-1809), actor
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Désirée Clary (1777-1860), wife of King Carl XIV Johann of Sweden, and therefore Queen Desirée or Queen Desideria of Sweden
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Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), first president of the Third Republic
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Etienne Joseph Louis Garnier-Pages (1801-1841), politician
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), caricaturist and painter
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Joseph Autran (1813-1877), poet
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Olivier Émile Ollivier (1825-1913), statesman
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Joseph Pujol, aka. "Le Pétomane" (1857-1945), entertainer
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Edmond Rostand (1868-1918), poet and dramatist
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Vincent Scotto (1876-1952), guitarist, songwriter
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Fernandel (1903-1971), actor
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Eliane Browne-Bartroli (1917-1944), French Resistance, Croix de Guerre
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Louis Jourdan (born 1919), actor
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Jean Pierre Rampal (1922-2000), flutist
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André di Fusco (1932-2001), known as André Pascal, song writer
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Jean-Claude Izzo (1945-2000), author
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Zinedine Zidane (born 1972), soccer player
The following personalities died in Marseille:
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French poet Arthur Rimbaud on November 10, 1891
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King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated on October 9, 1934 in Marseille along with French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou
Credits
: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the
Wikipedia article
"Marseille".
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