Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Marseille, France

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. It was founded in 1819 by Jean-Baptiste, marquis de Montgrand and Christophe de Villeneuve-Bargemon, prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is located in the Palais Longchamp, 4th arrondissement of Marseille, built according to the plans of Henri-Jacques Espérandieu.

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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. The surrounding Longchamp Park is listed by the French Ministry of Culture as one of the Notable Gardens of France.

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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. It occupies a wing of the Palais Longchamp, and displays a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 16th to 19th centuries.

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The Musée Grobet-Labadié is a museum in Marseilles, housed in a 19th-century hôtel particulier owned by the family whose collection it displays.

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The Gaston Castel House is a personal house built by the architect Gaston Castel in 1924. Located in the Cinq-Avenues district, in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille, France, it was sold at auction in 1989.

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The Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is a Roman Catholic church in Marseille, France.

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The Théâtre du Gymnase is a theatre located on the Canebière in Marseille, in the Thiers district.

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The Chapelle des Bernardines is located at 17 Boulevard Garibaldi in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France.

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The Great Plague of Marseille, also known as the Plague of Provence, was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Western Europe. Arriving in Marseille, France, in 1720, the disease killed over 100,000 people: 50,000 in the city during the next two years and another 50,000 to the north in surrounding provinces and towns.

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The Théâtre Mazenod is one of the oldest theatres in Marseille and is located at 88 rue d'Aubagne in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, near the Notre Dame du Mont metro station. It was created in 1934 and has seen the greatest actors and singers of the twentieth century perform on its stage.

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The Church of La Trinité is located in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille at 35 rue de La Palud.

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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 twentieth century.

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The Hôtel du Commandant du 15e corps is a former mansion located at 11 rue Armény, in the Préfecture district, in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France. The State owns the building.

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The Hotel Roux de Corse is a building located at 13 rue Montgrand in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France. This building, built around 1745, is the former private mansion of the Marseille shipowner Roux de Corse. Sold to the city of Marseille in 1805, it first served as the residence of the prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhône, then in 1891 housed a high school for young girls. The building is now part of the Lycée Montgrand.

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The Hotel Pascal is a former hotel located at 52 rue Paradis, in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France.

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Église Saint-Charles is a Roman Catholic church in Marseilles. It is served by the Société des missionnaires de la miséricorde divine.

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The Arsenal des Galères is a former military arsenal located in Marseille, France. It was built by Colbert in the second half of the 17th century to house and arm King Louis XIV's galleys, but was only fully operational for less than a hundred years, galleys rapidly losing their role in naval warfare to ships.

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The Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, 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.

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The Old Port of Marseille is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been the natural harbour of the city since antiquity and is now the main popular place in Marseille. It became mainly pedestrian in 2013.

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