Plage des Catalans
Sandy cove in front of an underwater sculpture gallery sunk five meters below the surface.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Plage des Catalans in Marseille looks out at an underwater museum of eleven sculptures lying just offshore. You'll hear about a World Oceans Day deadline the city missed, a sculptor who took his work elsewhere, a rejected site and a court case in 2019 that held the project up for years. Best heard standing at the waterline, looking out over the swimmers.
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