Cassis in southern France
Thursday, 29 November 2012 - 01:29 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , French Riviera
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Cassis seen from the cliffs © Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner
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Cassis is a commune situated east of
Marseille in the
department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southern France. It is a popular tourist destination, famous for its cliffs (
falaises ) and the sheltered inlets called calanques. The wines of Cassis are white and rosé, and not to be confused with crème de cassis, a specialty of Burgundy which takes its name from blackcurrants (
cassis ), not the commune.
The town is situated on the Mediterranean coast, about 20 km (12.4 mi) east of Marseille. Cap Canaille (394 metres, 1203 feet), between Cassis and La Ciotat (“the civitas”) is one of the highest maritime bluffs in Europe, a sailor’s landmark for millennia.
Cassis seen from the cliffs © Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner
In the eighteenth century, Cassis started to develop outside the ramparts of the fortified city and around the port. After the Bourbon Restoration, new industries developed here, including the drying of cod, the manufacture of olive oil and clothing, coral work, wine-making and the exploitation of local stone (cement, limestone). Indeed, the
Stone of Cassis , which was quarried here since antiquity made the town famous. The masonry for the quays of the large Mediterranean ports (Alexandria, Algiers, Piraeus, Marseille, Port Said) originated from Cassis, as well as the base of the
Statue of Liberty in
New York City .
In the twentieth century, as these industries began to disappear, the workforce turned to tourism and wine making. Cassis was one of the first three vineyards to profit from the
appellation d’origine contrôlée (label of controlled origin) introduced in 1936.
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