Canebière

This guide to the Canebière in Marseille centers on the night of May 26, 1993, when word of Olympique de Marseille's European Cup win reached this avenue and thousands of fans poured out to celebrate. It traces the avenue's own history back to a 1666 royal order that laid it out over the city's old hemp fields, and the centuries of processions, carnivals and parades it has hosted since. Stand along its length and picture the horns, the flags and the crowd that filled it that night.