There has certainly been a development boom locally this year. I’m not sure whether these innovations were a result of the Year of Culture or whether they would have happened anyway; but the focus on Marseille-Provence certainly proved a powerful (if sometimes belated) impetus to transforming parts of Marseille or renovating existing museums.
They all have one thing in common – this time last year, none of us had experienced them. How quickly they have become familiar!
Here’s my Top Ten Highlights – and, to follow, some lowlights: (more…)