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Highlights include Anse de Maldormé, Archaeological Garden of the Ancient Port, Corniche Kennedy, Cours Julien, Cours Julien Staircase, Cours Saint-Louis.

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  1. Anse de Maldormé: story on the “From Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica to Vallon des Auffes (formerly Vallon du Roy)” route

    A family hotel will give a human scale to the history of wartime Marseille.

  2. Archaeological Garden of the Ancient Port: story on the “Vieux-Port and Le Panier: from the ancient shore to MuCEM” route

    Here you will see how a construction pit became an open boundary of ancient Marseille.

  3. Corniche Kennedy: story on the “From Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica to Vallon des Auffes (formerly Vallon du Roy)” route

    The coastal road will connect a sea view with a labor conflict that began during its construction.

  4. Cours Julien: story on the “Noailles and Cours Julien: Markets and Urban Change” route

    The square will explain why today’s cultural institutions inherited spacious trading halls.

  5. Cours Julien Staircase: story on the “Noailles and Cours Julien: Markets and Urban Change” route

    The staircase will show how residents secured a direct route between the plateau and the lower city.

  6. Cours Saint-Louis: story on the “Noailles and Cours Julien: Markets and Urban Change” route

    A single kiosk links the square’s history to one flower seller and theatrical Marseille.

  7. Fort Saint-Jean and the museum by the sea: story on the “Vieux-Port and Le Panier: from the ancient shore to MuCEM” route

    The final stop will bring together the royal fortress, old towers, and the museum building at the other end of the walkway.

  8. Hôtel de Ville and the northern quay of the Vieux-Port: story on the “Vieux-Port and Le Panier: from the ancient shore to MuCEM” route

    This stop will explain why an old pavilion stands in the middle of a neighborhood rebuilt after the war.

  9. La Canebière: story on the “Noailles and Cours Julien: Markets and Urban Change” route

    This stop will show how one urban catastrophe changed the organization of the emergency service.

  10. La Vieille Charité: story on the “Vieux-Port and Le Panier: from the ancient shore to MuCEM” route

    The former shelter shows how architecture separated people and what traces of that order survived after restoration.

  11. Marché des Capucins (Noailles): story on the “Noailles and Cours Julien: Markets and Urban Change” route

    The market helps reveal a vanished monastery in two surviving city names.

  12. Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica: story on the “From Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica to Vallon des Auffes (formerly Vallon du Roy)” route

    The height is needed to immediately link the sanctuary, the old fort, and the struggle for control of Marseille.

  13. Notre-Dame-du-Mont Church: story on the “Noailles and Cours Julien: Markets and Urban Change” route

    A plaque on the facade leads to a quiet musical farewell and the fate of an old organ.

  14. Place Jean-Jaurès (La Plaine; formerly Plaine Saint-Michel): story on the “Noailles and Cours Julien: Markets and Urban Change” route

    The relief at the edge of the square marks the starting point of a flight that began before a crowd's eyes.

  15. Porte d'Orient (Monument to the Heroes of the Army of the East and Far Lands): story on the “From Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica to Vallon des Auffes (formerly Vallon du Roy)” route

    The arch will bring the memory of a distant front directly to the sea route along which the soldiers departed.

  16. Roucas-Blanc: the white rock: story on the “From Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica to Vallon des Auffes (formerly Vallon du Roy)” route

    The home of a port entrepreneur shows how a fortune earned at the quays rose up the white slope.

  17. Rue d'Aubagne Memorial: story on the “Noailles and Cours Julien: Markets and Urban Change” route

    The plaque will bring eight names back into the conversation about unsafe housing and responsibility.

  18. Vallon des Auffes (formerly Vallon du Roy): story on the “From Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica to Vallon des Auffes (formerly Vallon du Roy)” route

    The final harbor will bring the whole route back to the craft, water, and boats that drew people to settle here.

  19. Vauban district: story on the “From Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica to Vallon des Auffes (formerly Vallon du Roy)” route

    Here you will see how bringing in water turned a dry slope into a residential district with its own shortcuts.