Founded in 600 BCE as one of the oldest cities in Europe, Marseille has stood tall from its ancient Greek origins to its contemporary French authority.

Devastating civil wars, barbarians, sieges, plagues, revolutions, and world wars have all conspired to destroy the ancient city, and World War II nearly cast the city into the inescapable fire, but its people have survived and thrived throughout.

The city saw Rouget de Lisle write the French national anthem, La Marseillaise. The old city stands today as one of the largest cities in France; may God preserve Marseille for many more centuries.