
Marseille was founded by people from Phocée (then in Greece, now in Turkey) in the 6th century BC. According to a legend, Protis, who had come to explore…

Major cathedral, MUCEM museum, Saint Jean fort and Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde.

Coast around Marseille, with the If castle in the center, where part of Dumas' The count of Monte Christo takes place.

Objects found around the Roman harbor.
Marseille was founded by the Greeks and further developed under the Romans.
Marseille was founded by the Greeks and further developed under the Romans.

Pharo palace, built by emperor Napoleon III for his wife Eugénie in 1858. It is now used as a congress center.