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Historic Sites Attractions In Marseille

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Marseille is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, today it is the capital of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on France's south coast, covering an area of 241 km2 and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. Its metropolitan area, which covers 3,173 km2 is the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010.Known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as Massalia , Marseille was an important European trading centre and remains the main commercial port of the French Republic. Marseille is now France's largest city...
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Historic Sites Attractions In Marseille

  • 1. 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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  • 2. 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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  • 3. 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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  • 4. 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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  • 6. Hotel Daviel Marseille
    The InterContinental Marseille Hotel Dieu is a five-star luxury hotel near the Vieux-Port area of Marseille, France. Housed in the Hotel-Dieu, which served as the city's primary hospital for over eight hundred years, the hotel opened on April 25, 2013 in conjunction with the ongoing Euroméditerranée project. It is part of the InterContinental global hotel chain, and is the fourth InterContinental property in France. The hotel sits on the location of the Saint-Espirit Hospital, which was created in 1188. The next six centuries saw the hospital undergo considerable expansion, and the current building was inaugurated by Napoleon III in 1866. In 1963, the hotel was listed as a registered national monument on the ISMH, or the Inventaire Supplémentaire des Monuments Historiques. The last pati...
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  • 8. Palais des Papes Avignon
    The Palais des Papes is an historical palace located in Avignon, southern France. It is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. Once a fortress and palace, the papal residence was the seat of Western Christianity during the 14th century. Six papal conclaves were held in the Palais, leading to the elections of Benedict XII in 1334, Clement VI in 1342, Innocent VI in 1352, Urban V in 1362, Gregory XI in 1370 and Antipope Benedict XIII in 1394.
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