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Guide Location: France » Marseille
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 8
Tour Duration: 2 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 3.8 km
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 8
Tour Duration: 2 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 3.8 km
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Author: kane
As the oldest city in France, Marseille has rich history and traditions that led to the development of the city as the main cultural center of the region. Here visitors can enjoy galleries of science and technology, photography, general and local history and culture, architecture and design. This tour will take you through the best of them.
Tour Stops and Attractions
1) Cadrerie
Open since 1971, Cadrerie is a picture gallery near Place Castellane. It helps new artists make their way in the world of arts and achieve recognition. The gallery's collection consists of exquisite works by over 800 painters, sculptors and photographers.
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2) Galerie de l'Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
This gallery is connected with the Luminy Fine Arts School. It houses exhibitions closely related to this school. It gives students the opportunity to discover all genres of the art: painting, sculpture, photography, etc. Most of the works represent contemporary art.
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3) Galerie Hyaline
This chic gallery hosts both permanent and temporary applied arts exhibitions, that promote works by different local, regional and foreign sculptors and painters. Come and see this little fascinating world of fine glass, clay, and metal items of such various shapes and forms.
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4) Galerie Sordini
Galerie Sordini is located within walking distance from the famous Vieux Port of Marseilles. It is another distinguished gallery to host great works of contemporary art. New exhibitions are held here monthly.
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5) Galerie Athanor
Galerie Athanor displays contemporary art exhibitions in three presentation rooms. Here you will find a great collection of works by contemporary artists from across several generations.
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6) Galerie du Pharos
Galerie du Pharos is mostly focused on promoting representational art. The main collection consists of works that portray scenes from the daily provincial life. You will also find here an array of still-life works.
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7) Galerie Jouvène
Galerie Jouvène was founded about 150 years ago. It owns a rich collection of classical paintings and a vast range of works depicting Provence from the 17th Century to the present day.
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8) Interface 4
At first the Interface association was designed as a production factory. Today, it is a gallery that unites plastic arts, sound, and architecture. A vast number of exhibitions and conferences take place here. The old Vieille Charité monastery is located nearby.
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