Marseille & Provence
Marseille is rough-edged, sunlit and unmistakably Mediterranean: an old port city of fish markets, immigrant influences, steep streets and sea views, with Provence beginning just beyond it.
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Marseille remembers its beginning as a marriage between a local princess and a Greek sailor.
The traditional founding story of Massalia tells of Gyptis, daughter of a local ruler, choosing the Phocaean sailor Protis as her husband by offering him a cup during a wedding feast. Whether read as myth or memory, the story captures how strongly Marseille identifies with encounter, migration and the sea.
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