Parc de La Colline Puget

This guide to Parc de La Colline Puget in Marseille follows the legend of Milo of Croton, the aging Olympic wrestler who set out alone in a forest to prove his strength was still intact by pulling apart a split tree trunk. It traces how Marseille-born sculptor Pierre Puget carved that same moment for the gardens of Versailles under Louis XIV, and how the park itself later raised its own marble tribute to Puget in 1906, unveiled by the French president. Look for the statue's face as you pass, caught mid-carving of the athlete's fate.