No. 109 of 200 · Famous Cities
Marseille, The Old Port
Pictures by Photoglob Co.
The Old Port of Marseille in a hand-coloured photochrom from about 1895, its deep blue water crowded with lateen-sailed boats below the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde. Inside, an old bird's-eye map shows the walled city. Marseille was founded by Greek sailors around 600 BC as Massalia, which makes it the oldest city in France. For a traveller, or anyone who loves the south of France.
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Marseille · Photochrom / THE OLD PORT / Photochrom, Photoglob Co., c. 1895 / Boats with triangular lateen sails crowd the deep blue Old Port, below the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde on its hill. Founded by Greek sailors around 600 BC as Massalia, Marseille is the oldest city in France.
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