This year, France will be celebrating its 41st European Heritage Days. An opportunity for Marseilles residents to (re)discover their city and its emblematic buildings, some of which are open to the public free of charge . Marseille Secrète unveils the program for these culture-focused days, and gives you a bonus list of some of the buildings to be visited free of charge.
Marseille and the European Heritage Days
On September 21 and 22, the city of Marseille will be abuzz with culture. For 2 days, Marseille will be the scene of the Heritage Days. In 2024, the themes are “heritage of routes, networks and connections, and maritime heritage”. During these Heritage Days, you’ll be able to discover and question the practices and know-how of those involved in heritage (public and private historic monuments, archaeological sites, museums, archives, intangible cultural heritage…)… A great program to discover on your own or with your family!
List of monuments open free of charge in Marseille
🚔Place of power, judicial building :
- Bouches-du-Rhône Prefecture
🏰 Castle, town house, palace, manor house :
- Château d’If
- Palais du Pharo
Religious buildings :
Religious buildings :- Nouvelle Major Cathedral
- Saint Théodore Church
- Notre-Dame du Mont Church
- Great Synagogue of Marseille
- Greek Orthodox Church of the Dormition
- Vieille Major Cathedral
- Saint-Férréol Church
- Saint-Victor Abbey
- Saint-Nicolas de Myre Church
- Notre Dame du Rosaire Church
Places for culture, entertainment, sports and leisure :
Places for culture, entertainment, sports and leisure :- Alcazar Library
- Cormier Center
- Marseille Citadel
🔬 Industrial, scientific and technical buildings :
- Marseille Historical Observatory
- Borg shipyard
- De Baecque
📚 Archives :
- Bouches-du-Rhône Departmental Archives and Library
- Association for the research and archiving of Armenian memory
🔫 Military buildings, urban enclosures:
- Command of the French Navy in Marseille
- Marseille Citadel
🔍 All the monuments you can visit for free, here.