Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Marseille, France

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 Chapelle des Bernardines is located at 17 Boulevard Garibaldi in the 1st arrondissement of 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 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 bastide Flotte de la Buzine is a bastide town located in Marseille, in the 6th arrondissement, France.

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

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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 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 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 Memorial to King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou is a monument located in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France, commemorating the assassination of King Alexander I and Louis Barthou. It is the work of the architect Gaston Castel and the sculptors Antoine Sartorio, Louis Botinelly and Élie-Jean Vézien.

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Several churches have been named Notre-Dame-du-Mont church: the Notre-Dame-du-Mont church in Marseille in France; The Church of Our Lady of the Mount in Old Goa, India.

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The Église Saint-Joseph is a Roman Catholic church in Marseille.

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The Great Synagogue of Marseille is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Rue Breteuil in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France. The building was listed as a monument historique in 2007. The congregation worships in the Sephardi rite.

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Pierre Paul Puget was a French Baroque painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. His sculpture expressed emotion, pathos and drama, setting it apart from the more classical and academic sculpture of the Style Louis XIV.

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La Criée may refer to:La Criée, a theater located in Marseille (France); La Criée, a contemporary art centre in Rennes, France The Port-Navalo Fish Auction, museum and exhibition hall located in Arzon (France).

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The ancient quarry of the Corderie is an archaeological site located in the 7th arrondissement of Marseille, in the Saint-Victor district, boulevard de la Corderie. Discovered during preventive archaeology work in 2016-2017, this quarry was used to extract the building materials necessary for the establishment of the Greek colony of Massalia. It was used from the sixth century BC. in Roman times as part of the production of monumental blocks for construction as well as sarcophagi.

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