Things to see in Marseille
Marseille is a city in France, with an urban population of about 1.4 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 6 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Château d'If History
The Château d'If is a fortress located on the Île d'If (Ilha d'If), the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about 1.5 kilometres off Marseille in southeastern France.
2Notre-Dame de la Garde Place of worship
Notre-Dame de la Garde, known to local citizens as la Bonne Mère, is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol.
3Marseille Cathedral Place of worship
Marseille Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument of France. Located in Marseille, it has been a basilica minor since 1896.
4Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations Museum
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations is an ethnology national museum in Marseille, France.
5Abbey of St. Victor Place of worship
The Abbey of Saint-Victor, Marseille 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.
6Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille Art
The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is one of the main museums in the city of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
7Fort Saint-Jean History
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.
8Musée Cantini Art
The Musée Cantini is a museum in Marseille that has been open to the public since 1936. The museum specializes in modern art, especially paintings from the first half of the 20th century.
9Plages du Prado Nature
The Plages du Prado are the beaches in the south neighborhood of Marseille, France. The seaside park is an artificial coastal development created in the late 1970s by Gaston Defferre.
10Opéra de Marseille Arts & culture
The Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal (Opèra Municipal or Operà), 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.
11Synagogue of Marseille Place of worship
The Great Synagogue of Marseille is a Jewish congregation and synagogue located on Rue Breteuil in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France.
12Palais du Pharo History
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.
13Palais Longchamp History
The Palais Longchamp is a monument in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille, France. It houses both the Musée des beaux-arts and the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille.
14Marseille History Museum Museum
The Marseille History Museum is the local historical and archaeological museum of Marseille in France.
15Marseille Transporter Bridge Landmark
The Marseille transporter bridge, inaugurated in 1905 and destroyed in 1944, was a crossing of the Old Port of Marseille, designed by engineer Ferdinand Arnodin.
16Porte d'Aix History
The Porte d'Aix, formerly known as the Porte Royale (Pòrt Reial), is a triumphal arch in Marseille, southern France, marking the old entry point to the city on the road from Aix-en-Provence.
17Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Place of worship
The Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is a Roman Catholic church in Marseille, France.
18Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille Museum
The Muséum d'histoire naturel de Marseille, also known in English as the Natural History Museum of Marseille, is one of the most visited natural history museums in France.
19Ratonneau Nature
Ratonneau is one of the islands of the Frioul archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, off the southern coast of France near Marseille. It is relatively long and thin, approximately 2.5 km long but at most 500 m wide and generally much narrower.
20Fort Saint-Nicolas History
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.
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