Marseille: France
Marseille: France
Marseille Travel: France
Marseille (English alternate spelling Marseilles) (pronounced /maÊ€sÉ›j/ in standard French, /mÉ‘xˈsÉ›jÉ?/ in local Marseilles accent) (Provençal: Marsiho or Marsilha, both pronounced /maɾˈsijÉ?/) is the second largest city in France. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France’s largest commercial port and the largest in the Mediterranean.
Marseille is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département.
Attractions
The old harbor
Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde
Château d’If, an ancient prison island, where The Count of Monte Cristo was jailed, in Alexandre Dumas’ novel
Unité d’Habitation de Marseille, by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier