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Marsella is a colonial town is famous for its botanic garde
Jardin Bontanico Marsella Alejandro Hombolt
which was set up to promote ecological sustainability in the area, with a range of plants and wildlife as well as an education section with hands on science demonstrations of things like parabolic disks for bouncing sounds across the countryside, and the world's first catapult museum, set up in collaboration with local schools to preserve wildlife by getting children to donate their catapults to the museum. The town also has an historic cemeter
Cementerio Jesus Maria Estrada
a colonial-style cultural centre and church in the main square and traditional galleria (market).
Marsella town website
Marseille
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Marsella ''or Marseille'' is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda in Colombia
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. About 30 km away from the capital Pereira. In 2023 the town had an estimated population of 17,208.
History
It was founded in 1915 by Pedro Pineda, Nepomuceno Correa and José Bedoya, among others. Initially it was known as Villa Rica and in 1864, by the will of General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, it was added: Segovia. On April 8, 1915, Villa Rica de Segovia was renamed Marseille and finally July 18, 1915 was recognized as the date of its foundation as a municipality.Climate
Marsella has asubtropical highland climate
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with an average annual temperature of 18 °C.
Tourism
Marsella is a colonial town is famous for its botanic gardeJardin Bontanico Marsella Alejandro Hombolt
which was set up to promote ecological sustainability in the area, with a range of plants and wildlife as well as an education section with hands on science demonstrations of things like parabolic disks for bouncing sounds across the countryside, and the world's first catapult museum, set up in collaboration with local schools to preserve wildlife by getting children to donate their catapults to the museum. The town also has an historic cemeter
Cementerio Jesus Maria Estrada
a colonial-style cultural centre and church in the main square and traditional galleria (market).
References
External links
Marsella town website
See also
Marsella is also the Spanish name forMarseille
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 ...
, the city in France.
Municipalities of Risaralda Department
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