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La Treille
La Treille is a ''quartier'' on the outskirts of the 11th ''arrondissement'' of Marseille, in the Department of Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It has approximately 900 inhabitants. At the centre of the ''quartier'' is the seventeenth century hillside village of La Treille. Overview La Treille became famous as the place where writer Marcel Pagnol spent his summer holidays during his childhood—at the ''Bastide Neuve''—and he is buried in the cemetery there.''Books and Writers'' This is also where ''La Pascaline''—the house where Pagnol started to write ''Souvenirs d'enfance'' ('' La Gloire de mon père'' and ''Le Château de ma mère'')—is located. Pagnol's early films used the village as a backdrop and its inhabitants as actors: it has only slightly changed since then. Behind the church, in the main square or ''placette'', is a small fountain, used as Manon's fountain in Pagnol's 1953 film version of Manon des Sources. The village is situated at the start of the range of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarter (country Subdivision)
A quarter is a section of an urban settlement. A quarter can be administratively defined and its borders officially designated, and it may have its own administrative structure (subordinate to that of the city, town or other urban area). Such a division is particularly common in countries like Italy (), France (), Romania (), Georgia (, ''k'vart'ali''), Bulgaria ( bg, квартал, kvartal, Serbia ( / ), Croatia (). It may be denoted as a borough (in English-speaking countries), Spain (''barrio''), Portugal/Brazil (); or some other term (e.g. Poland (), Germany (), and Cambodia ( ''sangkat''). Quarter can also refer to a non-administrative but distinct neighbourhood with its own character: for example, a slum quarter. It is often used for a district connected with a particular group of people: for instance, some cities are said to have Jewish quarters, diplomatic quarters or Bohemian quarters. The Old City of Jerusalem currently has four quarters: the Muslim Quarter, Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Arrondissements Of France
In France, a municipal arrondissement ( ) is a subdivision of the commune, and is used in the country's three largest cities: Paris, Lyon and Marseille. It functions as an even lower administrative division, with its own mayor. Although usually referred to simply as "arrondissements", they should not be confused with departmental arrondissements, which are groupings of communes within one ''département''. General characteristics There are 45 municipal arrondissements in France: 20 in Paris (see: Arrondissements of Paris), nine in Lyon (see: Arrondissements of Lyon), and 16 in Marseille. However, a law in 1987 assigned the 16 arrondissements of Marseille to eight ''secteurs'' ("areas"), two arrondissements per ''secteur''. Thus, in effect, Marseille can be more properly described as being divided into eight ''secteurs'', the sixteen arrondissements having been made merely units of demarcation. ; Area *The largest arrondissement is the ninth arrondissement of Marseille: 63.21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and largest city is Marseille; other important cities include Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Martigues and Aubagne. Marseille, France's second-largest city, has one of the largest container ports in the country. It prizes itself as France's oldest city, founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea around 600 BC. Bouches-du-Rhône is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, with 2,043,110 inhabitants as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 13 Bouches-du-Rhône INSEE It has an area of . Its [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film. Early life Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône department, in southern France near Marseille, the eldest son of schoolteacher Joseph Pagnol and seamstress Augustine Lansot.Castans (1987), pp. 363–368 Marcel Pagnol grew up in Marseille with his younger brothers Paul and René, and younger sister Germaine. School years In July 1904, the family rented the ''Bastide Neuve'', – a house in the sleepy Provençal village of La Treille – for the summer holidays, the first of many spent in the hilly countryside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souvenirs D'enfance
''Souvenirs d'enfance'' ("Souvenirs of infancy", "Childhood memories") is a series of autobiographical novels by French filmmaker and ''académicien'', Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974).''Books and Writers'' ''Souvenirs d'enfance'' comprises four volumes covering the years from his birth in 1895 to about 1910, which were spent in Marseille, with family summer holidays in La Treille, about ten kilometres (six miles) away. The four volumes in order are '' La Gloire de mon père'' ("My Father's Glory"); '' Le Château de ma mère'' ("My Mother's Castle"); '' Le Temps des secrets'' ("The Time of Secrets"); and '' Le Temps des amours'' ("The Time of Love"). The first two were published in 1957, the third in 1960, and the fourth, which was unfinished, was published posthumously in 1977. The first two were made into films, directed by Yves Robert. Notes and references * Filmography * My Father's Glory (1990) * My Mother's Castle ''My Mother's Castle'' (french: Le Château de ma mère ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Gloire De Mon Père
''My Father's Glory'' (french: La Gloire de mon père) is a 1957 autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol. Its sequel is ''My Mother's Castle''. It is the first of four volumes in Pagnol's ''Souvenirs d'enfance'' series. It is also a 1990 film based on the novel, and directed by Yves Robert. Plot summary A poetic novel about his family and his early years rather than a literal autobiography, Pagnol opens with the stories of his two parents, Joseph and Augustine, and his own arrival in 1895 as their first child in the little town of Aubagne among the mountains of Provence. A school teacher there, the fiercely secular and socialist Joseph then gets a better job in the bustling city of Marseille. There his mother's sister Rose is courted by the fiercely conservative and Catholic Jules, who marries her. Despite striking many sparks off each other, the two brothers-in-law overall enjoy each other's company. So much so that in 1904 they agree to rent a remote farmhouse outside the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Château De Ma Mère
''My Mother's Castle'' (french: Le Château de ma mère) is a 1957 autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol, the second in the four-volume series ''Souvenirs d'enfance'' and the sequel to ''My Father's Glory''. It was the subject of a film made by Yves Robert in 1990 which is faithful to the original plot but which includes material from the third book in the four-novel series, ''Le Temps des Secrets''. Plot summary The book begins during Marcel's summer holiday. He describes his almost daily hunting trips with his father Joseph and his uncle Jules, and his growing friendship with a country boy named Lili. On the night before he is to return to the city to begin school, he plans to run away with the help of Lili. He leaves a note for his family saying goodbye and climbs through the window. As the night goes on, Marcel begins to grow scared, even seeing a ghost and changes his mind and returns before he is discovered (although it implied that his father had discovered the lette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manon Des Sources (1952 Film)
''Manon des Sources'' may refer to: * ''Manon des Sources'' (1952 film), a French film directed by Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable ..., or the novel he published in 1962 * ''Manon des Sources'' (1986 film), a French film directed by Claude Berri {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garlaban
Garlaban is a hill which looks out to Aubagne. The summit is 715 metres high although its highest point is the ''butte des pinsots'' (731 m). It can be seen from most of the southern part of Bouches-du-Rhône, from Marseille to the valley of Huveaune, through to the motorway in Toulon and the one in Aix-en-Provence. In the past, seamen from Marseille used to look to it to find direction. Cultural references *It is perhaps best known thanks to Marcel Pagnol, who referred to it in ''My Father's Glory'' and ''My Mother's Castle ''My Mother's Castle'' (french: Le Château de ma mère) is a 1957 autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol, the second in the four-volume series '' Souvenirs d'enfance'' and the sequel to '' My Father's Glory''. It was the subject of a film ma ...''. Landforms of Bouches-du-Rhône Mountains of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {{BouchesRhône-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal De Marseille
The Canal de Marseille is a major source of drinking water for all of Marseille, the largest city in Provence, France. The canal along its main artery is long but has additional of minor arteries. Its construction lasted 15 years and was directed by the engineer Franz Mayor de Montricher; the canal opened on July 8, 1849. The canal was a significant achievement of 18th-century engineering, combining bridges, tunnels and reservoirs over mountainous terrain. Until 1970, it was almost the sole water source for Marseille, and it still provides two thirds of the city's drinking water. History Marseille is along the hilly Mediterranean seafront and is crossed only by the irregular Huveaune River and its tributary, the . The waters were canalised in the 14th century but gradually became an open sewer. Water quality continued to decline, and distribution suffered because of the lack of maintenance of the network. Also, since the river has only a small flow, droughts were devastating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
