Marseille
Motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. "By her great deeds, the city of Massilia shines" The Old Port of Marseille city flag coat of arms Marseille Administration Country France Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Department Bouches
Provence
discovered the mouth of a submarine cave 37 meters below the surface of the Calanque de Morgiou near Marseille . Inside, the walls of the Cosquer Cave are decorated with drawings of bisons, seals, penguins, horses and outlines of human hands, dating to between 27,000 and 19,000 B.C.. [ 5
Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles
of passengers. At the end of the 1990s a redevelopement project began with the opening of the Marseille underground and bus interchange as well as the arrival of the TGV Méditerranée . A new passenger concourse was opened below the administration offices to link the station with the transport
Canal de Marseille
The Canal de Marseille [ 1 ] is a major source of drinking water for the city of Marseille , the largest city in Provence , France . The canal 's length along its main artery is 80 kilometres (50 mi) - though there is an additional 160 kilometres (99 mi) of minor arteries - and it services
Charles Maurras
Maurras was born in an old Provençal family, and brought up by his mother and grand-mother in a Catholic and monarchist environment. In his early teens he became deaf . [ 1 ] Like many other French politicians, he was heavily affected by the defeat during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War
Aix-en-Provence
Aix ( Aquae Sextiae ) was founded in 123 BC by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus , who gave his name to its springs. [ 2 ] In 102 BC its neighbourhood was the scene of the Battle of Aquae Sextiae when Romans under Gaius Marius defeated the Cimbri and Teutones , with mass suicides among
Nice
a population of 348,721 in 2007 and the fifth-largest urban area after those of Paris , Lyon , Marseille and Lille with a population of 955,000. [ 1 ] The area of today’s Nice is believed to be among the oldest human settlements in Europe. One of the archaeological sites, Terra Amata
History of Provence
The old French region of Provence , located in the southeast corner of France between the Alps , the Mediterranean , the Rhone River and the upper reaches of the Durance River , was inhabited by Ligures as early as the 10th century B.C., and later by Celtic peoples and Greek colonists.
Architecture of Provence
influential buildings of the 20th century, the Unité d'Habitation of the architect Le Corbusier in Marseille . Provence in the southeast corner of France , is generally defined as the French Departments of Var , Bouches-du-Rhône , Vaucluse , and part of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Alpes
Lyon
Motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. ( Arpitan : Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Basilique de Fourvière and the Hôtel de Ville de Lyon City flag City coat of arms Lyon Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône
