Quai des Belges Marseilles fish fishmonger old vieux port market France

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Marseille is the oldest town in France. The legend surrounding the origins of the town go back to 600 Greek sailors coming from Phocaea (Asia Minor) chose to focus their activity in the Lacydon creek - the present location of the Vieux Port. The day they arrived the leader of the Greeks, Protis, made a visit to the Ligure tribe, which had settled there. It just so happened that on that very day, Gyptis, daughter of King Naan was to be married. Gyptis chose Protis as her husband above a number of other suitors - he had also fallen head over heels for her - and thus, Massalia was founded.

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