Marseille’s idealistic Parc of the 26 Centuries, celebrating the city’s history through three millennia, contrasted with the reality of Marseille traffic: scooters weaving round cars and all waiting for the off at the lights at Cours Honoré-d’Estienne-d’Orves.
And a view of the remains of the dockside quays of the Phoenician port from 26 centuries ago: it’s not often you see two and a half thousand years of history in one view. What will this view be in 4618 AD?