Marseilles it is a town of the southern
France, capital of the region
Provence-Alps-Côte d'Azur and of the department of the
Mouth of the Rhone, beyond that the first port of the France. It is nicknamed in French the Phocéenne city (the town focea), because was been based on in 600 B.C. from Greek sailors natives of Focea. Called in the beginning
Phokaia like the ancient capital of the Focei, its name becomes later on
Massilia during the Roman period.
The Focei integrated themselves rapidly in the territory on the Ligurian substrate of populations built an urban unit on the pre-existing Pagu (tribu' Ligurian civilized) orientated towards the sea and the commerce. In fact, it was the commerce (and the dealers) to characterize the long story of the
Town of Marseilles and it was always the commerce that decided of it : wars, moments of peace and alliances. The legend of the meeting and of the union between the sailor
Protis (focese) and the attractive one
Gyptis (daughter of the
king of the Ligurian Segobrigi Nanno) it strengthened commercial its tradition of town.
The
port of Marseilles it offers connections programmed for
Corsica, Sardinia, Algeria and Tunisia. This traditional service has a long story to the shoulders and is in continuous growth.
The terminal 2 of Marseilles, situated to
Place de la Joliette and dedicated to the traffics with
Sardinia and Corsica, it manages beyond 700,000 passenger of year while the terminal 3, situated to the end of
Boulevard des Dames, it is dedicated to the traffics with the north
Africa (
Algeria and Tunisia) and it manages until 620,000 passenger of year. The terminal was thought and realized for the requirements of the north African passengers and is still subject to enhancement aside of
Harbor authority that it introduces is the road signals in French and in Arabian, a place of prayer for the different religious beliefs, a clerk, play for the children, etc.
