Old Port

district, Marseille, France

Also known as: Vieux-Port

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In Marseille: The city site
The Old Port is a natural harbor and one of the most westerly of the inlets along the rocky coastline characteristic of the northeastern Mediterranean; farther west, beyond a large tidal lake called the Berre Lagoon (Étang de Berre), the shoreline flattens out. There the sandy…
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In Marseille: Antiquity and the Middle Ages
…formed a republic around the Old Port, though the upper part of the city and its southern suburb remained under ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The counts of Provence allowed the city great independence, and only in 1245 and 1256 did Charles of Anjou force acknowledgement of his sovereignty. After Marseille was sacked…
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