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  2. Marseille: The edgy city emerging as Europe’s new ... - AOL

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    Marseille is enormous: dramatically demonstrated when you climb the steep hill up to the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica, which at 150 meters (492 feet) above sea level, offers an amazing ...

  3. History of Marseille - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Baptiste Grosson, royal notary, wrote from 1770 to 1791 the historical Almanac of Marseille, published as Recueil des antiquités et des monuments marseillais qui peuvent intéresser l'histoire et les arts ("Collection of antiquities and Marseille monuments which can interest history and the arts"), which for a long time was the primary ...

  4. Massif des Calanques - Wikipedia

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    The Calanque de Sugiton in the Massif des Calanques. The Massif des Calanques (French pronunciation: [masif de kalɑ̃k]) is a wild and rugged terrain stretching from the ninth arrondissement of Marseille to the east towards Cassis, spanning 20 km in length and 4 km in width along the coast.

  5. Calanques National Park - Wikipedia

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    Calanques National Park (French: Parc national des Calanques) is a French national park located on the Mediterranean coast in Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France.It was established in 2012 and extends over 520 km 2 (201 sq mi), of which 85 km 2 (33 sq mi) is land, while the remaining is marine area. [1]

  6. Marseille - Wikipedia

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    Marseille or Marseilles (French: Marseille; Provençal Occitan: Marselha) is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river.

  7. From Marseille to Mont-Blanc: What to know about the ... - AOL

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    The Olympic torch will finally enter France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday. The Belem was first used in 1896, the same year the modern Olympics came back. It will ...

  8. Old Port of Marseille - Wikipedia

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    Until the nineteenth century the Old Port remained the centre of maritime activity in Marseille. In the Middle Ages the land at the far end of the port was used to cultivate hemp for the local manufacture of rope for mariners, which is the origin of the name of the main thoroughfare of Marseille, the Canebière.

  9. Parc Borély - Wikipedia

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    The park was created in the 17th century by a French ship owner and merchant, Joseph Borely, who bought land for a country house, the Château Borély, in the area of Marseille called Bonneveine. The estate was enlarged in the 18th century by Joseph Borély, who constructed a bastide, or Provençal country house, on the domaine.

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