Marseille, France
Marseille is the second-largest city in France, after Paris, with a population
of 852,000
within its administrative limits on a land area of 240 sq km. The urban
area of Marseille
extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,4 million on
an area of 1,204 sq km.
About 1,6 million people live in the Marseille metropolitan area, ranking
it the 2nd among French
metropolitan areas. It is located on the southeast coast of France on the
Mediterranean Sea.
Marseille is one of the largest commercial ports in France.
 
Fish market at Vieux Port, Marseille
Le Vieux Port, or Old Port, is where Marseille was founded. This natural
U-shaped harbor
is large enough for small fishing and pleasure craft. Close to the Old
Port, there are
forts of Le Fort Saint Nicholas and Saint Jean. The local specialty is
bouillabaisse,
a delectable seafood soup.
 
The first class TGV double-deck train from Rennes to Marseille and SNCF's
locomotive
 
Gare de Marseille Saint Charles
 
Gare de Marseille Saint Charles
 
Gare de Marseille Saint Charles.
  
Gare de Marseille Saint Charles.
Marseille Saint-Charles is the main railway station of Marseille. It is
the southern terminus
of the Paris-Maruseille railway, which opened in 1848. This station is
located on top of
a small hill, and is linked to the city centre by a monumental set stair
and slope.
  
(L) Holiday Inn Marseille Saint Charles (M) Gare de Marseille (R) Hotel
Ibis Marseille
There are two hotels very close to the Marseille railway station: Hotel
Ibis Marseille and
Holiday Inn Marseille Saint Charles. The Ibis has 12 smoking rooms and
160 non-smoking rooms.
The percentage of smoking rooms to the total is 7.0%. On the other hand,
Holiday Inn
Saint Charles has 120 guest rooms and all non-smoking. It was newly opened
in March 2010.
 
Metro signboard at Vieux port and automatic vending machine for metro tickets
 
Vieux-Port Metro station
 
Bougainville Metro station
  
La Fourragere Metro station and a metro route map
  
La Rose Metro station and the interior of a subway train.
There were few passengers in the train, and three French girls were singing
gaily.
  
La Fourragere Metro station is located deep underground, and we can see
a residential area mountain behind.
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(L) A bus-stop above the La Fourragere Metro station
(M) La Fourragere Metro station
(R) La Blancarde Metro station, where Tram 1 and Tram2 lines cross this
station.
 
St. Charles Metro station. The wall of the station platform is decorated
by TVG train.
 
(L) Many people in a dubious character are seen near the entrance to the
Jules-Guesde Metro station.
(R) Place Jules-Guesde
 
(L) A Marseille tram car looks like a one-eye goblin.
(R) A restaurant along the Vieux-Port
 
(L) View from the Vieux-Port towards Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde
(R) An old house in Panier, Marseille
  
(L) Photograph shows a narrow allay and a tightly packed old house in Panier,
a hill district of Marseille.
(R) A tram car passing La Canebiere
Marseille tramway opened in 1876 and, unlike most other French cities,
has never
closed and continues to this day to operate. A 100% low-floor articulated
light-rail
trams manufactured by Bombardier Transportation.
 
Yacht harbour at Vieux port
  
The Fort Saint-Jean
The Chateau d'If is a fortress (later used as a prison) located on the
island of If, the
small island situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in
the Bay of Marseille.
It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure
novel The Count
of Monte Cristo. The chateau is a square, three-storey building 28 meter-long
on each side,
flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures.
The isolated location and dangerous offshore currents of the Chateau d'If
made it an ideal
escape-proof prison, very much like the island of Alcatraz in the San Francisco
Bay, was
in more modern times. Its use as a dumping ground for political and religious
detainees soon
made it one of the most feared and notorious jails in France.
It can now be reached by boat from Marseille's old port.
Reference: Wikipedia
 
(L) Whales are on the surface of sea! (R) Chateau d'If
 
A passenger boat operating between Vieux port and the island of Chateau
d'If
 
(L) Approach to the If-Castle (R) Chateau d'If
  
(L) A courtyard of the If-Castle
(M) A tour conductor explaining how to handle their prisoners.
(R) A view from the dark narrow cell of a prisoner
 
(L) A pitiful flower beyond history
(R) The Islands of Ratonneu viewed from the If-Castle. There are a yacht
harbour and tennis courts.
マルセイユの人口は約82万7000人でパリに次ぎフランス第二位、都市圏人口ではパリとリヨンに
次ぎ第三位の規模を誇る。南フランスにおける貿易・商業・工業の一大中心地である。フランス
および地中海で最大、ヨーロッパでは第3位の玄関港として、多くの港との間に公路がある。
リオンのソーヌ川沿いの街並みでの静寂に比べ、マルセイユの町には人の動きが激しく、活力が
見られる。その一因は多くのイスラム諸国からの移民が街の中心に小さな店を構え、往来して
いるからであろう。ベールで覆った黒ずくめの女性の姿も珍しくない。メトロ2号線、サン・シャルル
の次、シュールゲート駅を出ると凱旋門が見えるが、駅前には得体の知れない人々が道路で
露店を開いている。ちょっと不気味なので直ちに立ち去る。
マルセイユは交通の要地であり、フランス国鉄のマルセイユ・サン・シャルル駅がその中心である。
地中海 TGV 網の開通により、パリとの所要時間が3時間と数分に短縮されている。 市内の公共
交通には市が運営する地下鉄2路線のほか、2007年に開業した路面電車がある。港町という事で、
舟をモチーフにしている車体は一つ目小僧を連想させる。
マルセイユからの小旅行にかっては要塞として使われ、後に脱獄困難と言われた牢獄の小島、
シャトー・ディフがある。マルセイユ旧港から観光船で十数分で着く。途中に鯨に遭遇することも
ある。小説「巌窟王」でも有名な城塞は一見の価値があるであろう。ただ、乗船場近辺には
しつこい物乞いとスリとが多いので注意が必要である。
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2011年6月執筆 2011年5月写真撮影
禁煙席ネット主宰 医学博士 宮本順伯
★記事、写真の無断転載禁止
著作権は宮本順伯に帰属
★「禁煙席ネット」へのリンクは自由
The photographs were taken in May, and the article was written in June
2011,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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