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Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in Southern France named after the mouth of the river Rhône. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region with 1,993,177 inhabitants in 2013; it has an area of 5,087 km2 . Its INSEE and postal code is 13. Marseille is Bouches-du-Rhône's largest city and prefecture.
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  • 1. Moulin de Daudet Fontvieille
    Letters from My Windmill is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet first published in its entirety in 1869. Some of the stories had been published earlier in newspapers or journals such as Le Figaro and L'Evénement as early as 1865. The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader. The author, having relocated his home from Paris, recounts short bucolic tales about his new life in Provence as well as his trips to Corsica and French Algeria. Considered to be light-hearted, and often a bit tongue-in-cheek, the stories vary from day-to-day events in southern France to Provençal folktales, and often feature professions and faunal references characteristic of Provence. Letters From My Windmill is sometimes considered to be Daudet's m...
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  • 2. Amphitheatre (les Arenes) Arles
    The Arles Amphitheatre is a Roman amphitheatre in the southern French town of Arles. This two-tiered Roman amphitheatre is probably the most prominent tourist attraction in the city of Arles, which thrived in Roman times. The pronounced towers jutting out from the top are medieval add-ons. Built in 90 AD, the amphitheatre was capable of seating over 20,000 spectators, and was built to provide entertainment in the form of chariot races and bloody hand-to-hand battles. Today, it draws large crowds for bullfighting during the Feria d'Arles as well as plays and concerts in summer.
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  • 3. Theatre Antique Arles
    Arles's Roman Theatre is a 1st-century Roman theatre, built during the reign of Emperor Augustus. The ancient theater of Arles was built at the end of the 1st century BC, under the reign of Emperor Augustus, just after the founding of the Roman colony. Started around 40/30 BC, it was completed around the year 12 BC, becoming one of the first stone theaters in the Roman world. The theater is part of the decumanus of the Roman grid. The ancient theater of Arles is the subject of a classification as historical monuments by the list of 18402. More details at the French wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_antique_d%27Arles
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  • 4. Chateau d'If Marseille
    The Château d'If is a fortress located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about 1.5 kilometres offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo. If is the French word for the yew tree.
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  • 5. Eglise St-Trophime Arles
    Saint Trophimus' Church is a Romanesque church in Eschau, a small town in the suburbs of Strasbourg, the historical capital of Alsace. The church is dedicated to Trophimus of Arles. It houses relics of Saint Sophia since 777 and is a place of Christian pilgrimage, especially for members of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is classified as a Monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1898.
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  • 6. Palais du Pharo Marseille
    The Palais du Pharo is a palace in Marseille, France. It was built in 1858 by Napoleon III for Eugénie de Montijo.
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  • 8. Palais Longchamp Marseille
    The Palais Longchamp is a monument in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille, France. It houses the Musée des beaux-arts and Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille. The surrounding Longchamp Park is listed by the French Ministry of Culture as one of the Notable Gardens of France.
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  • 9. Musee des Beaux-Arts Marseille
    The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is one of the main museums in the city of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It occupies a wing of the Palais Longchamp, and displays a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 16th to 19th centuries.
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  • 10. Baths of Constantin (Thermes de Constantin) Arles
    This is a list of ancient Roman public baths.
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  • 12. Barbegal Watermill Arles
    The Barbegal aqueduct and mill is a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune of Fontvieille, near the town of Arles, in southern France. The complex has been referred to as the greatest known concentration of mechanical power in the ancient world. Another similar mill complex existed also on the Janiculum in Rome, and there are suggestions that more such complexes exist at other major Roman sites, such as Amida.
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