Marseille is a thoroughly ambiguous place.
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This apartness, and the city\'s long and rich history as home to migrants, workers and organized criminals, has cemented its association in the popular imagination with exoticism and illicit activity.
Yet it is also a frontier city, arguably capital of the Mediterranean, and with a traditionally suspect allegiance to the French nation.
France\'s second city and its major sea-port, its impact on the national imagination is unparalleled.
Marseille is a thoroughly ambiguous place