Marseille Photos II

Here are a few more photos from the Marseille trip.

A sculptured awning at the Fort Saint Jean 

Antonio Muntadas's piece
"Aller/Retour" at Mucem

Anglophone writers in translation
in French, at the Mucem bookstore

The circus stage on the
J4 Esplanade outside Mucem

Along the Old Port, a Foster + Partners reflective pavilion

Looking northeast across the Old Port

Night life at the Old Port

Marseille's famous Municipal Opera

Workers outside the Galeries Lafayette

The big Galeries Lafayettte

Marseille's Prefecture

Clothing store window display 

Looking down the Rue André Aune,
from the direction of Notre Dame
(this was quite a climb)

Notre Dame de la Garde

Marseille, from the heights
of Notre Dame de la Garde 

The neo-Byzantine tower,
crowned by a gold statue
of the Blessed Virgin Mother

One of the transepts in
the church

Votives 

A snapshot overlooking the
city of Marseille 

Yours truly, in selfie mode,
the tower in the background

Descending the hill down
the seafront 

Looking back up at
Notre Dame de la Garde 

M. Charles Baudelaire
(street art) 

Rue des Lices
(Street of curtain walls/ramparts)

The tunnel beneath Fort
D'Entrecasteaux 

A violated phone booth 

A building whose cornice reads:
"The blind, for themselves"