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MARTIGUES

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 792 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARTIGUES , a See also:

port of See also:south-eastern See also:France in the See also:department of Bouches-du-See also:Rhone, on the See also:southern See also:shore of the See also:lagoon of Berre, and at the eastern extremity of that of Caronte, by which the former is connected with the Mediterranean. Pop. (1906), 4,178. Martigues is 23 M. W.N.W. of See also:Marseilles by See also:rail. Divided into three quarters by canals, the See also:place has been called the See also:Venice of See also:Provence. It has a See also:harbour (used by See also:coasting and fishing vessels), marine workshops, oil and See also:soap manufactures and See also:cod-drying See also:works. A See also:special See also:industry consists in the preparation of boutargue from the roes of the See also:grey See also:mullet caught in the See also:salt lagoons, which rivals See also:Russian See also:caviare. Built in 1232 by See also:Raymond See also:Berenger, See also:count of Provence, Martigues was made a viscountship by See also:Joanna I., See also:queen of See also:Naples. See also:Henry IV. made it a principality, in favour of a princess of the See also:house of Luxembourg. It afterwards passed into the hands of the See also:duke of See also:Villars.

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