Jean-Claude Gaudin had come to epitomize Marseille, like his role model Gaston Defferre, the southern port city's former mayor, before him. He died on Monday, May 20, aged 84. French President ...
The fact is rare enough to be remarkable. After several years of silence from the 21-year incumbent Mayor of Marseille, Jean-Claude Gaudin, finally spoke about the bicycle. And no less than twice in ...
This story appears in the March 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. It's tempting to say, and probably true, that no rule made by Paris goes unbent in the city of Marseille. The capital of ...