Marseille
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"Persons wishing to travel more leisurely, and to avoid fatigue, should start on the first of the month or earlier, take the diligence from Paris to Chalons, whence they may proceed by water down the Saone and Rhone to Avignon or Arles, within 50 m. of Marseilles."--Hand-book for Travellers in France (1843) by John Murray "Marseilles, capital of the Department Bouches du Rhone, is a busy and flourishing city, and the most important sea-port of France, having a population of 170,000 souls; but it has few fine public buildings or sights for strangers. The entrance from the side of Aix is by an Arch of Triumph, remarkable not for elegance of design, originality of elevation, or elegance of decoration."--Hand-book for Travellers in France (1843) by John Murray |
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Marseille is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river.
