Le Vieux Port

This mythical area of Marseilles where the Phoceans landed in 600 B.C. and installed their first trading posts, was host of the Greek Port Lacydon whose limits extended far beyond the actual mooring area. From the Vieux Port via the famous Canebière, a long avenue created in the 17th Century between the Vieux Port and the Reform Church. It owes its name to the rope makers who weaved hemp, in Provence called “canèbe”. Because of its past luster, the memory of a famous era, was glorified in the no less famous musical “One from the Canebière” bu Vincent Scotto is still vivid.