Main articles: It became the preeminent Greek polis in the Hellenized region of southern Gaul. Marseille continued to prosper as a Roman city, becoming an early center of Christianity during the Western Roman Empire. The city maintained its position as a premier maritime trading hub even after its capture by the Visigoths in the 5th century AD, although the city went into decline following the sack of AD by the forces of Charles Martel.
It became part of the County of Provence during the 10th century, although its renewed prosperity was curtailed by the Black Death of the 14th century and sack of the city by the Crown of Aragon in During the 16th century the city hosted a naval fleet with the combined forces of the Franco-Ottoman alliance , which threatened the ports and navies of Genoa and the Holy Roman Empire.
Marseille lost a significant portion of its population during the Great Plague of Marseille in , but the population had recovered by mid-century. In the city became a focal point of the French Revolution and was the birthplace of France's national anthem , La Marseillaise. The Industrial Revolution and establishment of the French Empire during the 19th century allowed for further expansion of the city, although it was occupied by the German Wehrmacht in November and subsequently heavily damaged during World War II.
The city has since become a major center for immigrant communities from former French colonies, such as French Algeria. Economy[ edit ] Marseille is a major French centre for trade and industry, with excellent transportation infrastructure roads, sea port and airport. Marseille Provence Airport is the fourth largest in France. In May , the French financial magazine L'Expansion named Marseille the most dynamic of France's large cities, citing figures showing that 7, companies had been created in the city since The Old Port was replaced as the main port for trade by the Port de la Joliette during the Second Empire and now contains restaurants, offices, bars and hotels and functions mostly as a private marina.
The majority of the port and docks, which experienced decline in the s after the oil crisis , have been recently redeveloped with funds from the European Union. Fishing remains important in Marseille and the food economy of Marseille is fed by the local catch; a daily fish market is still held on the Quai des Belges of the Old Port. The economy of Marseille and its region is still linked to its commercial port, the first French port and the fifth European port by cargo tonnage , which lies north of the Old Port and eastern in Fos-sur-Mer.
Some 45, jobs are linked to the port activities and it represents 4 billion euros added value to the regional economy. However, in the early s, the growth in container traffic was being stifled by the constant strikes and social upheaval.
Petroleum is shipped northward to the Paris basin by pipeline. The city also serves as France's leading centre of oil refining. Companies, services and high technologies[ edit ] From left to right: Marseille is the home of three main technopoles: Several urban projects have been developed to make Marseille attractive.
Marseille municipality acts to develop Marseille as a regional nexus for entertainment in the south of France with high concentration of museums, cinemas, theatres, clubs, bars, restaurants, fashion shops, hotels, and art galleries.
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