Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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MARSEILLES Marseilles is The principal commercial seaporT oT France, boasTs a large miliTary sTaTion, and is France's second ciTy in Terms oT populaTion. The ciTy is sTrongly deTended by various works, and lies in The Torm oT an amphiTheaTre in a naTural harbor oT moderaTe size, lcnown as The Old l-larbor, ln The older parT oT Town The sTreeTs are narrow and irregular, which Tends To give The ciTy a pro- vincial aTmosphere belying The general mood oT The ciTy, which is cosmopoliTan in naTure. A Marseilles is noT rich in public ediTices, The prin- cipal ones being The large CaThedral in The By- zanTine sTyle, consecraTed in l893g The church oT NoTre Dame de la Garde: The church oT SainT VicTor, and The Palais des ArTs de Longchamp, conTaining a picTure-gallery and naTural hisTory museum. ,, Marseilles was Tounded by a colony oT Greelcs Trom Asia Minor'abouT 600 years beTore ChrisT, The original name being Massalia, and The Greels language is said To have been spolcen here Tor several cenTuries. lTs progress Tor cenTuries was rapid and almosT wiThouT inTerrupTion, explaining iTs prominence as a modern ciTy,

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