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    The Canal de Marseille is a major source of drinking water for all of Marseille, the largest city in Provence, France. The canal along its main artery...
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    The Canal de Marseille au Rhône connects the Mediterranean Sea at Marseille to the Rhône at Arles. The section between Marignane and Marseille has been...
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    Olympique de Marseille (French pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik də maʁsɛj], locally [olɛ̃ˈpikə də maχˈsɛjə]; Occitan: Olimpic de Marselha, pronounced [ulimˈpi de maʀˈsejɔ])...
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    open air Canal de Caronte [fr] leading towards Port-de-Bouc and the Canal de Marseille au Rhône which leads towards L'Estaque through the Rove Tunnel; the...
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    Rove Tunnel (redirect from Canal du Rove)
    is a currently out-of-use canal tunnel in Southern France that connected the 16th arrondissement of Marseille to the Étang de Berre in the Bouches-du-Rhône...
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  • Thumbnail for Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
    The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is one of the main museums in the city of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It occupies a wing...
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    Palais Longchamp (category 4th arrondissement of Marseille)
    celebrate the construction of the Canal de Marseille, which was built to bring water from the river Durance to Marseille. Although the foundation stone was...
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  • Aix-Marseille University (AMU; French: Aix-Marseille Université; formally incorporated as Université d'Aix-Marseille) is a public research university located...
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    masks the entry point of the Canal de Provence into Marseille. Its two wings house the Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille (a fine arts museum), and the...
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    French professional football clubs Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille. The duo are the two most successful clubs in French football, and the...
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  • de Tarascon, avenue du Pontet, chemin de la Valbarelle à Saint-Marcel, traverse des Pionniers, canal de Marseille, boulevard des Olivettes, boulevard du...
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  • Thumbnail for List of canals in France
    This is a list of the navigable canals and rivers in France. For reference purposes, all waterways are listed, including many that have been abandoned...
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  • publication. 1848 Paris–Marseille railway begins operating. Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles opens. 1849 - Canal de Marseille opens (97 miles long). 1851...
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  • Thumbnail for Canal du Midi
    The canal connects the Garonne to the Étang de Thau on the Mediterranean and, along with the 193 km (120 mi) long Canal de Garonne, forms the Canal des...
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    Durance (category Rivers of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
    Silvacane [fr] to Arles), the canal des Alpilles, the canal de Marseille, the canal de Carpentras [fr], the canal de Manosque [fr], the canal de Ventavon, and the...
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    30-kilometre-long (120.11 mi) canal is a key trade route between Europe and Asia. In 1858, French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps formed the Compagnie de Suez for the express...
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  • Thumbnail for Roquefavour Aqueduct
    metres deep. The aqueduct brings water (Canal de Marseille) from the Durance river to the Palais Longchamp in Marseille, all the way to La Ciotat. The water...
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    La Treille (category 11th arrondissement of Marseille)
    village. A section of the Canal de Marseille passes below the village, which is served by the public transport system of Marseille and accessible also from...
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  • 1993 Olympique de Marseille reached both the very pinnacle and the very bottom of the European club game. A corruption scandal and a Canal+'s shining light...
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  • Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (category Football clubs in Île-de-France)
    fighting for the 1988–89 league crown with Marseille, before going into decline. The takeover by television giants Canal+ in 1991 revitalised Paris Saint-Germain...
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  • Thumbnail for Allauch
    also two canals in the commune: the Canal de Provence and the Canal de Marseille, both built to supply many communes, but primarily Marseille, with drinking...
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  • Thumbnail for History of Marseille
    Marseille, France was originally founded circa 600 BC as the Greek colony of Massalia (Latin: Massilia) and populated by Greeks from Phocaea (modern Foça...
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    in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assumption Day pilgrimage, it is the most visited site in Marseille. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Ferdinand de Lesseps
    Comte de Lesseps GCSI (French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in...
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  • Longchamp. Marseille: Images en manœuvres éditions. p. 110. ISBN 978-2-908445-05-3. Mayor of Marseille who paved the way for the Canal de Marseille Base Joconde:...
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  • Brest, Cherbourg, Dunkerque, le Creusot-Montceau, Le Mans, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Nantes and Strasbourg Communities of agglomerations (communauté...
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    The Vallat de Boulery forms the northern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Touloubre at the village. The Canal de Marseille comes from...
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  • Thumbnail for Canal latéral à la Loire
    Loire") was constructed between 1827 and 1838 to connect the Canal de Briare at Briare and the Canal du Centre at Digoin, a distance of 196 kilometres (122 mi)...
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  • Thumbnail for Ligue 1
    Français, Excelsior AC Roubaix, Fives, Hyères, Marseille, Metz, Mulhouse, Nice, Nîmes, Alès, Lille, Racing Club de France, Red Star Olympique, Rennes, Sochaux...
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  • Thumbnail for Narbonne
    commune of Carcassonne. Narbonne is linked to the nearby Canal du Midi and the river Aude by the Canal de la Robine, which runs through the centre of town. It...
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