Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Marseille, France

The Parc du 26e Centenaire is a public park located in the 8th arrondissement of Marseille, France. It is listed by the French Ministry of Culture as one of the Remarkable Gardens of France.

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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Marseille is one of the minor basilicas of the Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ. It is located in Marseille on Avenue du Prado, in the Rouet district, in the 8th arrondissement. Built in the first half of the twentieth century in a Romano-Byzantine style, it was consecrated on 5 May 1947 by Cardinal Roques, Archbishop of Rennes, and then erected as a minor basilica on 17 September 1997 by Pope John Paul II. The building was built to commemorate the plague of 1720 and to serve as a memorial to the First World War.

Wikipedia: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Marseille (FR)

The Convent of Saint-Lazare is a convent located in Marseille, France.

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

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The church of Saint-Nicolas de Myre is the oldest oriental church in Marseille and France, it is, since its inauguration in 1822, the witness of oriental immigration to Marseille and has two originalities, its architecture with its layout and oriental decoration. It is the first church of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The Divine Liturgy, of the Byzantine rite, is celebrated in Arabic and French.

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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.

Wikipedia: Monument commémoratif au roi Alexandre Ier de Yougoslavie et à Louis Barthou (FR)

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 Roux hotel in Corse is a building located 13 rue Montgrand in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, in France. This building built around 1745 is the former mansion of the Roux Marseille shipowner in Corsica. Sold in the city of Marseille in 1805, he first served as a residence at the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône, then sheltered in 1891 a high school for young girls. The building is now integrated into the Montgrand high school.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Roux de Corse (FR)

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. The site of a popular Assumption Day pilgrimage, it is the most visited site in Marseille. It was built on the foundations of an ancient fort at the highest natural point in Marseille, a 149 m (489 ft) limestone outcropping on the south side of the Old Port of Marseille.

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Villa Santa Lucia is a villa built in 1860 located in the Roucas-Blanc district, in the 7th arrondissement of Marseille, France. It was the home of the MULLOT family from 1887 to 1905. The one that was then called "the White House" was adorned with caves, pools and terraces on several levels facing the sea. In 1894, it benefited from the know-how of the famous rock gardener Gaspard Gardini. It was sold several times and Mrs. Khan renamed it "La Meunière" in 1922. It was in 1984 that its new owners gave it the name "Villa Santa Lucia". This jewel of Marseille's heritage is listed as a historical monument by prefectural decree of 2 November 2015.

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The Marseille tide gauge is a tide gauge set up in 1883 at number 174 of the Corniche in Marseille, in Anse Calvo. The goal is to determine an origin of altitudes for continental France. The measurements were made continuously from January 1, 1884 to December 31, 1896, over 13 years. On January 1, 1897, the arithmetic average of all the measurements made during these thirteen years determined the mean level of the sea at this place. This mean level has been adopted as the French reference zero altitude.

Wikipedia: Marégraphe de Marseille (FR)