Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Marseille, France

The Palais du Pharo is a palace in Marseille, Southern France, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Old Port (Vieux-Port). It was built in Second Empire style by Emperor Napoleon III for Empress Eugénie, starting in 1858. However, at the fall of the Second Empire in 1870, the building had just been finished. Nowadays, the palace and its gardens are used for events, with the park open to the public.

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The Monument to the Heroes and Victims of the Sea is a memorial located in the 7th arrondissement of Marseille, France.

Wikipedia: Monument aux héros et victimes de la mer (FR)

Fort Saint-Nicolas is a former military fort in Marseille. It's the sister fort to Fort Saint-Jean which was constructed at the same time.

Wikipedia: Fort Saint-Nicolas (Marseille) (EN)

The Abbey of Saint-Victor is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr, Victor of Marseilles.

Wikipedia: Abbey of St Victor, Marseille (EN)

The Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house, which was erected on a tennis court.

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The Maison du Figaro is a historic building in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille in France. It was designed by architect Pierre Pavillon, and it was completed in 1675. It has been listed as an official historical monument since 1992.

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The Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is a Roman Catholic church in Marseille, France.

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The Gaston Castel House is a personal house built by the architect Gaston Castel in 1924. Located in the Cinq-Avenues district, in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille, France, it was sold at auction in 1989.

Wikipedia: Maison Gaston Castel (FR)

The Church of the Mission of France is a church built at the end of the seventeenth century and renovated in the nineteenth century. It is located at 44 rue du Tapis-Vert, in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France.

Wikipedia: Église de la mission de France (FR)

The Hotel Hubaud is a former mansion located in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France.

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"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin".

Wikipedia: La Marseillaise (EN)

The Hôtel Louvre et Paix is a historic building in Marseille, France. Dedicated in 1863 as a luxury hotel, it was used by the Kriegsmarine during World War II. It now houses city administration offices and a C&A store.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Louvre et Paix (EN)

The Palais de la Bourse is a building on the Canebière in Marseille, France. It houses the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Marseille-Provence, as well as the Musée de la Marine et de l'Économie de Marseille.

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The Marseille History Museum is the local historical and archaeological museum of Marseille in France. When opened in 1983, it became one of the most significant museums for urban history in France, dedicated to exhibiting the major archaeological finds discovered after the site was excavated in 1967; at the same time the property was redeveloped commercially and the Centre Bourse shopping arcade constructed. The museum building is entered from within the centre, and opens out onto the "Jardin des Vestiges", an outdoor garden containing the stabilised archaeological remains; it includes classical ramparts, port buildings, and a necropolis.

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The Jardin des Vestiges is a garden containing the archaeological remains of the ancient port of Marseille, France.

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The church of Saint-Cannat, located on the Place des Prêcheurs in Marseille, near the bottom of the rue de la République, was founded by the Friars Preachers, the order of Saint Dominic. It is dedicated to Saint Cannat, bishop of Marseille around 486, after whom a locality in the department is named. Feast day on October 15.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Cannat (FR)

The house of the Alderman of Cabre, also called the Hôtel de Cabre, is the oldest house in Marseille. It is located at the corner of rue de la Bonneterie and Grand-Rue, in the 2nd arrondissement. It should not be confused with the Hôtel de Cabre in Aix-en-Provence.

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The Chapel of the White Penitents of the Holy Spirit is a former chapel located in the 2nd arrondissement of Marseille, France, listed as a historical monument since December 2, 1932.

Wikipedia: Chapelle des Pénitents blancs du Saint-Esprit (FR)

The Caves Saint-Sauveur is an underground building located in the 2nd arrondissement of Marseille, France. The cellars are located under the Place de Lenche, on the site of the former abbey of the nuns of Saint-Sauveur. The whole was classified as a historical monument in 1840.

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The Regards de Provence Museum is a museum created in Marseille in 2013 by the Regards de Provence Foundation in the former sanitary station of the port of Marseille. Its collection, built up by private patrons, consists of 850 works of art from the modern era to the present day, brought together to promote the artistic and cultural heritage of Marseille, Provence and the Mediterranean.

Wikipedia: Musée Regards de Provence (FR), Website

Cosquer Méditerranée is an interpretation centre located at the Villa Méditerranée, in Marseille, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. Opened to the public on June 4, 2022, it houses a partial replica of the Cosquer cave and its most significant cave works.

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The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem) is a national museum located in Marseille, inaugurated by President François Hollande on 7 June 2013, when Marseille was European Capital of Culture. The construction of the building is the work of the French architect Rudy Ricciotti.

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Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port. Since 2013, it has been linked by two foot-bridges to the historical district Le Panier and to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations; the latter being the first French national museum to be located outside Paris.

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The Deportation Memorial is a museum located in the 2nd arrondissement of Marseille.

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The Church of Saint-Laurent is a Provençal Romanesque style church located at 16 esplanade de la Tourette, in the 2nd arrondissement of Marseille, near Fort Saint-Jean, on a hill to which it gave its name. It is the parish of the fishermen of Marseille.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Laurent de Marseille (FR)

The Greek urban block of the Collège du Vieux-Port is a historical monument in Marseille. It preserves remains dating back to the foundation of the Phocaean city, Greek Marseille, in the sixth century BC.

Wikipedia: Îlot urbain grec du collège du Vieux-Port (FR)

The Roman Theatre of Marseille is a theatre building located in the Hôtel de Ville district.

Wikipedia: Théâtre grec de Marseille (FR)

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The Notre-Dame-des-Accoules church is a former medieval collegiate church located in the Accoules district of Marseille, razed during the Revolution with the exception of the bell tower, which is now classified as a historical monument. In 1820, a crypt and a Calvary were built in front of the back wall of the destroyed church. From 1824, a new church was built to the right of the Calvary.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-des-Accoules (FR)

The Hôtel Daviel is a building in Marseille built between 1743 and 1747 by the Gérard brothers. It is named after the surgeon and ophthalmologist Jacques Daviel, who went to Marseille during the plague of 1720.

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The Maison Diamantée is a building in Marseille located just behind the town hall, in the district of the Hôtel de Ville.

Wikipedia: Maison Diamantée (FR)

The Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins is a Roman Catholic church in Marseille.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins (EN)

The Old Port of Marseille is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been the natural harbour of the city since antiquity and is now the main popular place in Marseille. It became mainly pedestrian in 2013.

Wikipedia: Old Port of Marseille (EN)