#1 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
La Canebiere
Bouches du Rhône FR
~0.20 miles from Marseille city center
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Or 'La Canebiere' as it's known. It is the Main Street Marseille, and leads you downhill to the Old Port. It is kinda grubby, but the shops are here. This is where the heart of the city beats, and is lit up extraordianarily at christmas, resplendant with epilepsy-unfriendly lighting.
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee de la Marine
Endoume
~0.42 miles from Marseille city center
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The Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum) is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort (Musée National de la Marine de Rochefort), Toulon and Saint-Tropez. The permanent collection originates in a collection that dates back to Louis XV of France.
In 1748, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau offered a collection of models of ships and naval installations to Louis XV of France, with the request that the items be displayed at the Louvre and made available to students of the Naval engineers school, which Duhamel headed. The collection was put on display in 1752, in a room of the first floor, next to the Academy of Sciences; the room was called "Salle de Marine" (Navy room), and was used for teaching.
With the French Revolution, the Salle de Marine closed in 1793. The collection was added to models owned by the King personally, to others owned by the Ministry of Navy, and yet others owned by émigrés or executees (notably Philippe Égalité). A short-lived museum was opened between 1801 and 1803 at the Ministry of Navy, then located at Place de la Concorde.
Model of the frigate Flore, one of the items of the Trianon collection.
In 1810, Napoléon ordered a gallery of 19 models to be put on display in his offices at Grand Trianon, as to document the types of warships in usage in the French Navy at the time. Jacques-Noël Sané was put in charge of the task. Napoléon also had a model of the frigate Muiron in his bedroom at Château de Malmaison.
In 1827, after the Bourbon Restoration, Charles X ordered a Naval museum to be opened at the Louvre. The task was given to Pierre Zédé. Rooms were also opened or restored in Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, Rochefort and Toulon.
In 1852, Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio became curator of the Museum. He emphasised the importance of painting, adding to the works of Joseph Vernet. He also made a catalogue of the items, and reorganised the ethnographic items of the collection.
In 1871, admiral François-Edmond Pâris became curator, and had over 400 models of small crafts indigenous to different locations of the French Empire constructed.
From 1905, ethnographic items were transferred to other museums, and in 1920, the administration of the Museum was transferred to the French Navy. In 1937, part of the Palais de Chaillot was devoted to harbouring the museum, which opened on 15 August 1943.
From 1971, the museum became an autonomous body under the Ministry of Defence. In 1975, it was instrumental in the restoration of Port Louis fortress. In 1992, it purchased Éric Tabarly's Pen Duick V, now serving in the French Navy as a sailing school ship.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Centre Bourse
Marseille
~0.44 miles from Marseille city center
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Le centre commercial Bourse, sa galerie marchande et ses magasins vous accueillent en centre ville tous les jours de la semaine à proximité du vieux Port et ...
The Centre Bourse is a commercial shopping mall.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee d'Histoire de Marseille
Marseille
~0.45 miles from Marseille city center
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Situated on the relic gardens, this museum traces the history of the foundations of Marseille and from the first centuries of its existence around the spectacular wrecks "lyophilizied" from a ship from the 3rd Century AC, which was discovered in the port antique. There is also a collection of important Marseillaisian family coat of arms from across the 17th century. Admission is EUR1.83.
1, square Belsunce, (Centre Bourse), Marseilles, France
Tel: +33 4 91 90 42 22
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Marseille Opera House (L'Opera)
Bouches du Rhône FR
~0.49 miles from Marseille city center
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L’Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house which was erected on a tennis court.
However, the first real theatre, the Grand-Théâtre or Salle Bauveau was constructed in 1787. During its period of great opulence following the Revolution, it was the site of many major opera presentations, including Verdi’s Rigoletto and Il Trovatore in 1860 and performances in 1866 of Lucia di Lammermoor and Il Barbiere di Siviglia by the famous soprano, Adelina Patti. Also, French premieres of major operatic works were given in the theatre: these include Aida (1877), La Fanciulla del West (1912), and an historic performance by Dame Nellie Melba in Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in 1890. Some years following the installation of electricity, in November 1919 a fire destroyed the eighteenth century theatre, leaving only its shell and an exterior stone colonnade.
The present day opera house, the Opéra Municipal de Marseille, dates from its opening on 4 December 1924. It seats 1,800. It features a classic urn-shaped auditorium, three rings of boxes, two balconies and a gallery.
Designed by the three architects Ebrard, Castel, and Raymond, the theatre preserved the stone colonnade and, located the surviving original box office in the centre of the entrance hall, up from which led two staircases to the elegant main foyer. Beauvert describes it as "an Art Deco temple", the "soul mate" of the Théâtre de Champs Elysees in Paris.
Many well-known contemporary singers made their French debuts in this opera house. Among them are Alfredo Kraus, Plácido Domingo, and Renata Scotto. The house has a reputation for its very critical audience, especially those members seated in the top gallery, "the gods". Past music directors of the company have included János Fürst.
After WWII only this opera house in entire world, so far, staged twice (in 1963 and 1995), Sigurd by Ernest Reyer.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Palais Longchamps
Bouches du Rhône FR
~0.62 miles from Marseille city center
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The Palais Longchamp - designed by architect Esperandieu - was built in conjunction with the construction of the canal in 1839. The arrival of water from the Durance in 1849 allowed the town to supply the new districts to the east.Today, the waterfalls, ornamental lakes, fountains and numerous sculptures give this enchanting place an Italian Renaissance feel. Housing Marseilles' Fine Arts Museum in its left wing and the Natural History Museum in the right, this watery palace - a masterpiece of the Second Empire - commemorates and unites the glory of water, the arts and the sciences under one magnificent roof.
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Hotel de Ville
Marseille
~0.69 miles from Marseille city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee des Beaux Arts
Marseille
~0.69 miles from Marseille city center
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The Musee des Beaux-Arts resides in Marseilles' Palais Longchamp, an architectural masterpiece in its own right, built to celebrate the city's access to water during the Second Empire. French, Italian and Flemish schools of painting converge over two floors. The collection includes works by Perugino, Rubens, David and Courbet, interspersed with sculptures by Puget and Daumier. Provence also has its place, featuring in displays from the prolific period between the 17th and 19th Centuries.
Open Hours: Oct-May: 10a-5p Tu-Su, Jun-Sep: 11a-6p Tu-Su, closed public hols
Contact: +33 4 91 14 59 30
dgac-musee-beauxarts@mairie-marseille.fr
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Musee d'Archeologie Mediterraneenne
Marseille
~0.79 miles from Marseille city center
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From the early days of the Ancient Empire to the Coptic period, this collection is the second largest in France after the Louvre's. Presented thematically, it provides an extensive overview of the art, culture, daily life and funerary rites of Ancient Egypt. Wood and stone sarcophagi, bronze statuettes of divinities, amulets, human and animal mummies evoke the often unknown aspects of this civilization. Sets of objects of exceptional interest are exhibited alongside some unique pieces.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
La Vieille Charite
Marseille
~0.79 miles from Marseille city center
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La vieille charité is a former almshouse, now functioning as a museum and cultural centre, situated in the heart of the old Panier quarter of Marseille in the south of France. Constructed between 1671 and 1749 in the Baroque style to the designs of the architect Pierre Puget, it comprises four ranges of arcaded galleries in three storeys surrounding a space with a central chapel surmounted by an ovoid dome.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Musee des Docks Romains
Marseille
~0.80 miles from Marseille city center
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Remnants of an age-old Roman warehouse are being preserved in form of ‘museum’ known as Musee des Docks Romains. One can call this museum as an ‘archaeological museum’. At times, people prefer calling it a ‘history museum’ as well. One who is interested in knowing about the past life of people must visit this place. It’s worth seeing, at least once in the life time.
Address: place Vivaux - 13002
Web Site: http://www.marseille.fr/vdm/cms/accueil/culture/musees/musee_docks_romains
Telephone: 33 4 91 91 24 62
Opening Hours: Tuesdays-Sundays: 1100 to 1800 hrs (1st of June to 30th of September) Tuesdays-Sundays: 1000 to 1700 hrs (1st of October to 31st of May)
Type of Attraction: History Museum
Type of Activity: Family, Single
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
City Centre Marseille
Bouches du Rhône
~0.92 miles from Marseille city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Cathedrale de la Major
Bouches du Rhône
~0.93 miles from Marseille city center
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Marseille Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Marseille or Cathédrale de la Major) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in Marseille. It has been a basilica minor since 1896.
It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Marseille (formerly the Diocese of Marseille until its elevation in 1948).
The present cathedral, the "Nouvelle Major", was built on an enormous scale in Byzantine-Roman style from 1852 to 1896 on the site used for the cathedrals of Marseille since the 5th century, principally by the architects Léon Vaudoyer (1803-1872) and Henri-Jacques Espérendieu (1829-1874). Some modest structures remaining from the largely demolished earlier cathedral, the "Vieille Major", still stand alongside, dwarfed by the huge scale of the later construction.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Abbaye de Saint Victor
3, rue de l'Abbaye 13007 Endoume - 0496112260
~0.95 miles from Marseille city center
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Founded in the 5th century on the tomb of an ancient Christian martyr played an important role in Christianity's development in the Mediterranean between the 11th and 18th centuries.
http://www.saintvictor.net/
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Vieux Port
Bouches du Rhône FR
~0.98 miles from Marseille city center
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How could you think about Marseille wihout its old harbour ? it's like Paris without the Eiffel Tower or Brussels without the Atomium. it's simply a must see.
Though, the traffic is there at its max, and conseqeuntly the noise, i suggest you to visit the harbour in the morning to see the spectacle of the fishmarket. Sold by the fishermen's wifes, i have rarely seen so fresh fish. So fresh that you can buy it still alive.
Be also attent at the plate on the ground explaining that all begin there 2600 years ago, making of Marseille the oldest town in France.
The metro station is "Vieux Port."
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University of Aix Marseille II
la Capelette
~1.11 miles from Marseille city center
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The three Universities of Aix-Marseille, situated in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille for six centuries, are the successors to the original establishments created in the region during the 19th century. Combined, they welcome over 70,000 students per year, 10% of whom are foreign students.
The universities try not to compete for students, rather, they offer expertise in different domains. Arts and Social Sciences are pursued at the Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I; Health, Sport and Economics at the Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II; Law, Political Sciences, Applied Economics and Business Management at the Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III. The Exact Sciences, notably Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Environmental Studies and Engineering, are spread throughout the three Universities.
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Fort Saint Jean
Bouches du Rhône
~1.12 miles from Marseille city center
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Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port. Fort Saint-Nicolas was constructed at the same time on the opposite side of the harbour. Commenting on their construction, Louis XIV said, "We noticed that the inhabitants of Marseille were extremely fond of nice fortresses. We wanted to have our own at the entrance to this great port." In fact, the two new forts were built in response to a local uprising against the governor, rather than for the defence of the city: their cannons pointed inwards towards the town, not outwards towards the sea.
Two earlier buildings were incorporated into the structure of the fort: the twelfth century Commandry of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, which served as a monastic hospice during the crusades; and the fifteenth century tower of René I, King of Provence.
During the French Revolution the fort was used as a prison, holding Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and two of his sons, Louis-Charles, Count of Beaujolais, and Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier.
During the years when the French Foreign Legion served almost entirely in Africa (C19th to mid-1960s), the Fort was a final stop-off point for recruits destined for basic training in Algeria.
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Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde
Bouches du Rhône
~1.16 miles from Marseille city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Fort Saint Nicholas
Endoume
~1.18 miles from Marseille city center
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Fort Saint Nicolas as seen from Notre Dame de la Garde is on the south side of the Old Port (Vieux Port) in Marseille, Provence in France. It is not as old as Fort Saint Jean on the north side, but the reason for its construction is very interesting.
Fort Saint Jean was founded in the 13th century when Marseille was still an independent republic. It was made bigger in 1660 when Fort Saint Nicolas was built, which ironically, heralded the end of Marseille's independence.
King Louis XlV of France had the guns of Fort Saint Nicolas (and Fort Saint Jean's) pointing toward the city of Marseille in France because he was suspicious of the inhabitants allegiance during the French Revolution. Actually his doubts were well-founded as it...
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Palais du Pharo
Bouches du Rhône FR
~1.22 miles from Marseille city center
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Attraction type: Historic site, Garden
http://palaisdupharo.marseille.fr/
Address: 58, blvd Charles Livon 13007 Marseille
France
Tel: 04 91 55 11 11
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Summer Palace
Endoume
~1.29 miles from Marseille city center
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Le Dome
Bouches du Rhône FR
~1.55 miles from Marseille city center
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Prado Beach
Marseille
~2.36 miles from Marseille city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Parc Borely
Bouches du Rhône FR
~2.47 miles from Marseille city center
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Parc Borély is a public municipal park in the city of Marseille, in France. It is classified by the French Ministry of Culture as one of the Notable Gardens of France. The park is 17 hectares in size. It adjoins the Jardin botanique E.M. Heckel.
Parc Borély has three different gardens; a Garden à la française, facing the bastide, composed of a two lawns, a circular basin and a rectangual basin, and double rows of trees, between the avenue du Prado and the gates of the park:
An English landscape garden, on the west side of the park, surrounding a lake, and decorated with statues, fountain, a cascade, and a playground. It also features a miniature of the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde.
A recently renovated race track. The other two parts of the garden connect to the sea by a promenade and to the neighboring botanical garden.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Stade Velodrome
Bouches du Rhône FR
~2.60 miles from Marseille city center
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The Stade Vélodrome is a 60,013 capacity stadium in Marseille, France. It is the home of Olympique de Marseille football club of Ligue 1 and was also a venue in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. It is the largest club football ground in France. The stadium is also used regularly by the French rugby union team.
The record attendance for a club game at the Stade Vélodrome was of 58,897, for a UEFA Cup semi-final against Newcastle United in 2004. The stadium also featured as a Football World Cup venue when the 1938 finals were held in France. The first ever match to be played was between Marseille and Torino in 1937. There are plans to increase the capacity to 80,000 and build a roof to cover all four stands, plans that are contingent on a possible sale of the Football Club. The stadium was used for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
The French rugby union team started an impressive run of victories at the stadium in the early 2000s. In November 2000 they defeated the All Blacks 42 to 33, the following year defeating Australia by one point. In 2002 one match was played there again, a win over the Springboks, which was followed by a win over England in 2003. However, their run of luck was broken in 2004, when they lost 14 to 24 to Argentina. The venue was used by France in November 2009 when the French played the New Zealand All Blacks. France are not the only rugby team to have used the Vélodrome in recent years. On April 18, 2009, Toulon took their home fixture in the Top 14 against Toulouse to the Vélodrome, drawing 57,039 to see a 14–6 Toulon win that played a key role in the Toulonnais' successful fight against relegation in the 2008–09 season. Toulon would take two home matches to the Vélodrome in the following season.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Chateau d'If
Bouches du Rhône
~3.19 miles from Marseille city center
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The Château d'If is a fortress (later a prison) located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
The château is a square, three-story building 28 m long on each side, flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures. The remainder of the island, which only measures 30,000 square meters, is heavily fortified; high ramparts with gun platforms surmount the island's cliffs.
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Gare Saint Charles
Bouches du Rhône FR
~4.96 miles from Marseille city center
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Saint Charles is the main railway station of Marseille. It is a terminus and opened on 8 January 1848, having been built for the PLM on the land of the Saint Charles Cemetery. The station is perched on top of a small hill and is linked to the city centre by a monumental set of stairs.
The station was once a stage on the voyage to Africa and the Middle-East before the popularisation of flying. Passengers now arrive from Paris, the North of France and the United Kingdom.
The station building was built in a U shape around a rooftop canopy. It was opened in 1848 on top of a plateau. Both wings house the arrivals and departures. To the rear of the station, along Boulevard Voltaire was the station's goods yard which was used up until the end of the 1990s by the SNCF's road freight operations, Sernam. The station, first isolated from the town, was equipped with a great staircase. The staircase was envisioned in 1911 and opened in 1926. It is bordered by African and Middle-East inspired statues.
A first extension was opened after World War II. The buildings on the northside had been destroyed and were rebuilt and housed the administration offices of the SNCF. A new between level was opened to enhance the flow of passengers.
At the end of the 1990s a redevelopement project began with the opening of the Marseille underground and bus interchange as well as the arrival of the TGV Méditerranée.
A new passenger concourse was opened below the administration offices to link the station with the transport interchange. This is due to open at the end of 2006.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Calanques
Bouches du Rhône
~6.03 miles from Marseille city center
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A calanque (from the Corsican word of preindoeuropean origin calanca (plural calanche) with meaning "inlet"; Occitan calanca too) is a geologic formation in the form of a deep valley with steep sides, typically of limestone, in part submerged by the sea. It can be considered a Mediterranean fjord.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Aix en Provence Les Milles (QXB)
Bouches du Rhône
~14.16 miles from Marseille city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Marseille
Paul Cezanne University
Bouches du Rhône
~15.54 miles from Marseille city center
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Paul Cézanne University (or Paul Cézanne University Aix-Marseille III) is a French university in the Academy of Aix and Marseille. It is located in both Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It is one of the universities of Aix-Marseille.
It was founded in 1409 by Louis II of Anjou and now has 22,500 students, 3000 of which are international students. It specialises in the humanities, law, political science and economics although it also has a faculty for exact science and technology.
The University of Aix-Marseille III has an established reputation as one of the oldest universities in France. Many prominent government leaders have studied at the University's Institute of Political Studies (Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence): for example the current French Minister for Economy, Industry and Employment, Christine Lagarde, is a holder of a Master's Degree. [1] [2] [3] Furthermore, Philippe Séguin, former President of France's Cour des Comptes (Court of Financial Auditors), graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma. [4]
It is significant that its law school remains one of the largest in France today, and is considered as one of the most prestigious. [5] Admission to the school is among the most selective in France.
The University is composed of teaching and research faculties. Its 42 recognized research laboratories make it a centre of international excellence in social and natural sciences. With more than 230 international agreements, the University of Aix-Marseille III takes part in the construction of European area of education and research. A policy in the direction of developing countries in Asia has led to increase its enrolments of excellent international students. The share of international students represents 12% of the total number. Programmes in French and/or English have been organized in order to favour the welcome and the integration of international students, in particular thanks to the presence within the University of the Institute of French studies for foreign students.
The total budget volume of the University is equal to 44.93 m €, the main funding resources being the Ministry of Higher Education, fees and investment revenues. This amount does not include the civil servant salaries that are directly paid by the “trésor public”. There are 1,329 civil servants including 678 faculty members. Their salaries roughly amount to the initial budget figure to give a total budget of 100 m €. The University is split in 16 sites located in five cities. The overall area occupied by the University is equal to 225,000 square meters.
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