L'Ombrière de Norman Foster
Mirrored steel canopy sheltering a working fish market and ferry quay on the old harbor.
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This guide to L'Ombriere de Norman Foster in Marseille traces the fish market it shelters back to 1909, when the official criee traded a few hundred meters away before moving out to Saumaty in 1976. It follows the ten stubborn stalls that stayed behind, run by small-scale fishing families who still auction the night's catch by voice alone. You'll hear about the steel canopy Norman Foster raised above the quay in 2013 to shelter the market. Visit around eight in the morning, when the stalls are busiest.
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