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9270693
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Marseille - Rue de la Republique
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13.7 x 9.0 cm
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Rue de la République is a Marseille road located in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements. It goes from the Quai des Belges in the direction of Joliette. It connects the old and the new port. The city lacking funds, it accepts an advance from the Société des ports de Marseille belonging to Jules Mirès. The opening of the street at the end of the nineteenth century in the old buildings and in the thickness of the hill necessitated the destruction of 935 houses and the partial or total disappearance of 61 streets. It was inaugurated in 1864. It is fitted out with Haussmann-style dwellings in order to bring back the Marseilles bourgeoisie near the city center. However, perhaps she did not appreciate the proximity of the port and the incessant port activities of that time that go with it, still it is that she did not settle there. This street was talked about at the beginning of 2005; in fact, American pension funds (Widows of the Dallas Fire Department and Caisse de Dépôt du Québec) as well as Société Générale (25%) and Caisse d'Epargne (25%) have in turn bought neighboring housing in order to to renovate them. This arouses joy in some and anxiety in others. In fact, following the completion of a large-scale renovation project, the most disadvantaged populations have given way to more affluent populations. Many brand name shops today make this street one of the most commercial streets in the city center. Archaeological excavations were carried out between 2004 and 2006, during the digging of a parking lot to the north and a storage basin with its "overflow" towards the Old Port, to the south. Excavations were carried out at both ends because when the rue Impériale was cut in the 19th century, across a hill, the work had destroyed most of the remains. To the north, the agricultural character of the site was discovered in Archaic Greek times and to the south before the city reached this area at the time. The network of streets that is then put in place remains unchanged until modern times. In Augustan times, a domus occupied almost all of an insula1. South of the Roman-era docks, and an excavation has revealed the various shore lines up to modern times2.

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