Marseille Beyond the Icon: MuCEM and the Mediterranean Metropolis

From Peripheral Port to Cultural MetropolisIn recent decades, Marseille has undergone a dramatic transformation from peripheral port to cultural metropolis. At the heart of this shift stands the MuCEM, Rudy Ricciotti’s Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations, completed in 2013 as the centerpiece of Marseille’s year as European Capital of Culture. Its role has been …