MARSEILLE 20

A little of History
It is not accidentally that the Celtic of the time of the Princes (Hallstatt 2° period 7 6 ° century before JC) and Greek met in the South of the valley of the Rhône, be-cause they already knowing. The discovery of the "Sphinx with the face of amber " Greek - italic of Grafenbühl prove him(it). Dices 6 ° century before JC Massalian's amphoras spread out from Spain to Italy and to Austria. Massalia, based by the Phoceans Simos and Protis, implanted Cities on all the coast of azure in the East but its influence went to the North of Spain and to the Loire, even beyond more in the North.

Massalia investigated, among others, the Northern Europe. During the Punic wars it was the ally of Rome. But joined forces with Pumped against Caesar what had
the effect that it lost all its satellite towns except Nice and the islands of Hyères. Massalia, small Gaulle - Roman port undergoes the big invasions, in 10 ° century it was connected with the County (Realm) of Provencal and became Marseille. The crusades restored in Marseille the development which it had before Caïus Julius Caesar. It competed with the big Italian ports. Connected with Provencal in France, in spite of the wars and the epidemics its wealth did not stop growing.

First revolutionary city, it gave its name to the French national anthem (by the General Mireur) thanks to the heat of his volunteers. Its harbour activity is considerably enlarged from the years 1830-1850, by the colonial politics(policy) of France what allowed the development of numerous industries at the level of the area of Mar-seilles (shipyard of La Ciota for example).

The great war made of Marseille the lung of France. But the second world war imposed in Marseille a heavy damage. By the bravery and the courage of his Inhabitants, in spite of the French decolonization, Marseille will remain 3 °city of France, in certain domains and the first one in the others, it in all levels.

It is the most old town of the South of France, with his its faculties and high schools, its general-purpose arts centre, its aerodrome, its commercial harbour, its research centre, its industries, its cosmopolitanism, that make of Marseille the French capital of the Mediterranean area.

The Marseille soap

The Gaulle had realized that around fires, fats mixed in some ash gave a kind of "stone" which melted in the water. This stone had detersive virtues without damaging the linen and the skin (the first Gallic soaps were blackish). Later the Roman priests made the same observa-tion. Know it survived during all the
middle age.

In 16 ° century the industry of the soap exploded thanks to the soda of the
Camargue and the household soap was made in Salon-de- Provence and in Toulon thanks to the production of the olive oil of the region and the maritime business. It lost its blackish colour to have the one that we know nowadays.

The household soap is exclusively made from natural products. By its alkaline qualities, its strong antiseptic power, its wealth, among others, there "oligoelements", it has a highly medicinal power, of reappointed international.

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