but its old port, museums and churches make it worth a day-trip.
The Grand Catherdal in Marseille
Vieille-Charite, the former poor house, is now a museum
Vieille-Charite
Marsielle from Notre Dame de la Garde
Notre Dame de la Garde
Pope Clement V moved the papacy to Avignon
and built this wonderful palace in the 1300's.
The famous portal of St. Trophime in Arles depicts
Judgement Day,
with the saved going to heaven and the sinners being
marched
naked into the flames of hell.
Van Gogh painted extensively in Arles.
