USS Saratoga CV-60 1984-87 Cruise Marseille France 02

Chapter 7 of 86 - Marseille France Port Call.

Marseille (in English also Marseilles, pronounced /mɑrˈseɪ/; French pronunciation: [maʁsɛj]; locally [mɑχˈsɛjɐ]; in Occitan Marselha or Marsiho, pronounced [maʀˈsejɔ, maʀˈsijɔ]), formerly known as Massalia (from Greek: Μασσαλία), is the oldest city in France, and currently its second most-populous, behind Paris, with 852,395 residents as of 2007.[2] It forms the third-largest urban area after those of Paris and Lyon with a population of 1,420,000[3] and the third-largest metropolitan area, also after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,530,000[4] or 1,601,095.[5] Located on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, Marseille is France's largest commercial port. Marseille is the administrative capital (préfecture de région) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, as well as the administrative capital (préfecture départementale) of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. Its inhabitants are called Marseillais.

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good time of the late 80s i from marseille and when i was young it was my dream to become an americane sailor!!! and by watching this video all my teenager years come up again!