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Marseille Travel Guide

Marseille is perhaps not the kind of city you will fall in love with your first day there. However, for people not afraid to discover a real place with real people, Marseille is the place. From colourful markets to the Vieux-Port and the Corniche, Marseille has definitely a lot to offer.

About Marseille

Marseille covers an area of 240.6 square Km and is estimated to have a population of 1.6 million people being the second largest city in France and also France's largest commercial port. It is a major French centre for trade and industry, with an excellent transportation infrastructure.

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Bibliothèque Municipale de Saint-Charles

38 Rue du 141ème RIA
Marseille 13003 France

+33 491 62 8360

Open Hours10a-noon & 2p-5:45p Tu-Sa

 

m5.jpgThe huge public library behind St-Charles station regularly holds exhibitions focusing on the written word. The library holds 500,000 documents sorted according to sections designed to cover all media of expression; 300,000 works available for reference, including 200 periodicals, newspapers and reviews as well as special archives, comprising an important collection of books dating from the 17th to 20th Century. A visit to the library will give you the chance to acquaint yourself with all the services it has to offer and to wander in cultural surroundings during the exhibitions.

 



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