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conditions MARSEILLE
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| La
canebière | Le
palais Longchamp | | La
vieille charité | |
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Le Vieux
Port Points
of view : | Le
vieux port | | La
Canebière | Le
Quai des belges | |
Forts
Saint Jean et Saint Nicolas |
Le
Quai du port | |
La
Canebière Canebière is no doubt the most
famous avenue of Marseille. If it does not equal the beauty of the Parisian main
avenues, it distinguishes itself by different qualities. On one hand it leads
to the Vieux Port and thus offers a unique perspective, and on the other hand
because it preserves an exceptional animation. Points
de vue : -
Chambre de Commerce (Chamber of Commerce)
- L'opéra
(The Opera House)
- Les rues commerçantes
(Business streets)
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La
canebière | |
La
bourse | Hommage
à Alexandre 1er | |
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La
canebière | |
Eglise
des Réformés(Church
of Réformés) Built in the place
of a convent of reformed augustins. Of Gothic ogival style of XIII th century,
it was built between 1855 and 1888 by the architect Reybaud on the plans of the
abbot Pougnet. On
the front steps, one status of Joan of Arc realized by Botinelly ( 1943 ).
| Eglise
des Réformés | |
Le Palais
Longchamp(The longchamp
palace)The vastest public building of France was
built by order of the consular government on September 1st, 1800 and was settled
in the chapel of the convent of bernardines by Charles Delacroix. It shelters
the current museum of the Beaux Arts, built under the Second Empire by Henri Espérandieu.
It was inaugurated on August 14th, 1869, and settled in the left wing of the Palace
Longchamp. Points of view:
- The
Museum of the Beaux Arts ( French, Italian, Flemish, Provençal school)
- Museum
of Natural history.
- The first Water tower of the
city of Marseille
| Le
Palais Longchamp | |
| La
Gare Saint Charles(The Holy Charles' Station)In
1911, the terms of the architecture competition about these stairs were : "these
stairs will have to, by a happy combination of its beatings and landings, and
by a possible addition of ornamental motives, form a monumental decoration ending
the perspective of the boulevard of Athens ". The
retained project combines modern technical resources for the structure and the
neo-baroque aesthetics for the monumental decoration, an association which was
fashionable in Paris in 1900 (bridge Alexandre III). The allegorical sculpture
is dedicated to an ecstasy of Marseille, "Greek colony" and "door of the East",
opening on the "colonies of Africa" and the "colonies of Asia". | L'escalier
de la gare Saint Charles | |
L'Arc
de Triomphe(The Triumphal arch)
The will to mark the north entrance of Marseille by a triumph
gate goes back up to the end of the 18th century. This place is particularly important
for the city : it was the only way to connect Marseille with Aix-en-Provence and
Paris, with a prestigious north-south perspective.
The
composition of this triumphal arch reminds the Roman arches, but its iconography
moves it closer to to the arch of Etoile (Paris).
Having thought of illustrating the exploits of Bourbons in Spain, it was preferred,
under the monarchy of July, to glorify those of the Republic, the Consulate and
the Empire until Austerlitz. |
La
Porte d'Aix | |
La
cathédrale de la Major Built and decorated
from the Second-Empire to the end of the 19th century, the new cathedral seems
made to be discovered from the sea. This cathedral, doubtless the most expensive
never built in Marseille, was raised from 1857 on the foundations of an ancient
baptistère. Its construction is to be connected with an excellently political
act of the future Napoleon III which had wanted in the laying of first stone,
to combine at the same moment the Church and the population of Marseille. |
Cathédrale
de la Major | |
Le
vieux Marseille(Old
Marseille) Le Panier is the historic district
of Marseille. It was reconstructed post-war years, because of its quasi-total
demolition by German in 1943, around monuments stayed in place such as the Town
hall or the museum of old Marseille. Points
of view : - Le
quartier du Panier (District of Panier)
-
La vieille Charité (The Old Charity)
- Eglise
Saint Laurent (Chruch Saint Laurent)
- Chapelle
et clocher des Accoules
- Le pavillon
Daviel
- L'Hôtel Dieu
- L'Hôtel
de Cabre
- La maison diamantée
- Le
musée d'Histoire de Marseille, Jardin des vestiges
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Quartier
du Panier |
La
vieille Charité | |
Eglise
Saint Laurent |
Clocher
des accoules | |
Pavillon
Daviel | | |
La
maison diamantée | Le
Jardin des vestiges | |
You wish to offer you a complete visit of Marseille, do not
hesitate to combine tours : - Tours : inescapable
+ history (duration 3:30 hours, fares 100 euros)
- Tours
: inescapable + beaches (duration 3:30 hours, fares 75 euros)
- Tours
: inescapable + beaches + creeks (duration 5 hours, fares 110 euros)
- Tours
: inescapable + history + beaches + creeks (duration 6 hours, fares 145 euros)
Choose !
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