Martigues on the Côte Bleue
Monday, 15 January 2024 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
Reading Time: 2 minutes
© civodule/cc-by-sa-3.0
🔊 Listen to this Post
Martigues (
Occitan : Lo Martegue in classical norm, Lou Martegue in Mistralian norm) is a
commune northwest of
Marseille . It is part of the
Bouches-du-Rhône department in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte.
The Gare de Martigues railway station is served by regional trains between Miramas and Marseille. The nearest airport is Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), which is 14.52 km (9 miles) away. CroisiEurope runs river cruises between Martigues (dock near Avenue Louis Sammut, behind City Hall) and either Lyon or Chalon-sur-Saône .
Canal St Sébastien © LEPETIT JANOT/cc-by-sa-4.0
A direct translation from the Martigues Tourisme website reveals the following about Martigues:
Nicknamed the “Provençale Venice”, Martigues is a point of passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Martigues (now Etang de Berre), close to the Côte d’Azur. The charm of its canals, its docks and bridges made it “The Venice of Provence”. Martigues possesses also its cooperative winery “La Venise provençale”: Coteaux d’Aix en Provence, rosé, red and white wines, fruit juices and natural oils in the region. Main varietals: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Carignan, Clairette.
Read more on Martigues Tourism , france.fr – The Côte Bleue , Wikipedia Côte Bleue and Wikipedia Martigues (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index ). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net . Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.VIDEO
Recommended posts:
[caption id="attachment_171961" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Myrabella/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Piazza Navona is a square in Rome. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones ("games"), and hence it was known as "Circus Agonalis" ("competition arena"). It is believed that over time the name changed to in avone to navone and eventually to navona.
Defined as a pu...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_237399" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Fczarnowski/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Great Synagogue of Rome (Italian: Tempio Maggiore di Roma) is the largest synagogue in Rome. The Jewish community of Rome goes back to the 2nd century B.C when the Roman Republic had an alliance of sorts with Judea under the leadership of Judah Maccabeus. At that time, many Jews came to Rome from Judea. Their numbers increased during the following centuries due to the settlement that came with Mediterranean ...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_227257" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Canossa Castle on a cold winter night © Giorgio Galeotti/cc-by-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Canossa is a comune and castle town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is where Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV did penance in 1077 and stood three days bare-headed in the snow to reverse his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII. The Walk to Canossa is sometimes used as a symbol of the changing relationship between the medieval Church and State...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_149033" align="aligncenter" width="309"] Michelangelo's David © Rico Heil[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 370,000 inhabitants (1.5 in the metropolitan area).
The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and fina...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_160608" align="aligncenter" width="590"] View on Lake Lugano and Monte San Salvatore © Valser[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Lugano is a city of 54,667 inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. The city lies on Lake Lugano, and its warm summers and the fact that in recent years it has attracted an ever growing number of celebrities, entertainers and successful a...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_23695" align="alignleft" width="590"] © Architects and engineers: Phillipe SAMYN, VALLE, HAPPOLD[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Résidence Palace is a complex of buildings between the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat and the Chaussée d'Etterbeek/Etterbeeksesteenweg in the European Quarter of Brussels. It is formed of three buildings, a press centre and a building currently being renovated for use by the European Council, mainly, and even also (for some occasions) by the Council of the European Union as a summit b...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_146318" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © ConKret[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]This is one of the most exclusive shopping locations in the city, with a phenomenal range of international designer fashions and couture. Quartier 206 sets luxury fashion against a background of world class architecture.
A key feature is the atrium with curved staircases and a black and white mosaic floor, evocative of the San Marco church in Venice. The architecture, designed by the celebrated New York firm of Pei, Cobb...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_160629" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Winthrop Street © Ticketautomat[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,000, while the addition of the suburban areas contained in the county brings the total to 190,000. Metropolitan Cork has a population of approximately 27...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_223405" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Dr. Lothar Ginzkey/cc-by-sa-2.0-de[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Planet of the German Navy is the most modern naval research ship within NATO. It was built as a SWATH design in order to reduce the hull volume and to increase the ship's stability, particularly in high seas and at high speed. It is used for geophysics and naval technology trials and research. While technically not armed, it is equipped with torpedo launch capability. Other weapons systems can be insta...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_223720" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Dover Castle © Chensiyuan/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history. Some sources say it is the largest castle in England, a title also claimed by Windsor Castle. This site may have been fortified with earthworks in the Iron Age or earlier, before the Romans invaded in AD 43. ...
[ read more ]
