Belsunce (, ) is a district near Canebière, central

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

. Its name was given by Monseigneur

Henri François Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron Henri François Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron (3 December 1671 – 4 June 1755) was a French Jesuit who served as Bishop of Marseille from 1709 until his death. He is remembered for his tireless efforts to relieve the suffering during the Gre ...

, who famously helped during the

Great Plague of Marseille The Great Plague of Marseille, also known as the Plague of Provence, was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Western Europe. Arriving in Marseille, France, in 1720, the disease killed over 100,000 people: 50,000 in the city during the n ...

. Belsunce is a popular area from the "Centre Bourse" to the big shopping crentre of central Marseille. It includes the famous Alcazar, an old theatre that has been converted into a library.

External links

*http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmp105_belsunce-un-quartier-cosmopolite-marseille_creation *http://www.marseilleforum.com/5-quartier-belsunce-noailles-porte-d-aix.htm *http://gmlveb.blogspot.ca/p/visite-du-quartier-de-belsunce.html Quarters of Marseille {{BouchesRhône-geo-stub