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![Unité d'habitation (](img/marseille/ma552.jpg)
![Unité d'habitation (](img/marseille/ma553.jpg)
![Unité d'habitation (](img/marseille/ma554.jpg)
Rio, Nice, Barcelona? Nope! Marseille! This is where the city takes on a more playful, relaxing allure, where the seaside is less industrial, and nature, omnipresent! The Southern districts maintain that "Marseille way of life", that of beaches, seaside sheds, gorgeous bastides - and luxury residences! It is, after all, where Le Corbusier decided to build his utopia.