Parks & GardensParks & GardensObélisque de Mazargues
Mazargues
This 1811 obelisk was carved from honey-colored Cassis stone to celebrate Napoleon's newborn son. Smaller than its Parisian model, it was moved from Place Castellane to this roundabout in 1911.
Napoleonic monument
Cassis stone landmark
Historic roundabout
Village-without-sea charm
Tips
🚌convenient starting point for buses to the Calanques
📐sits on a historic axis with Porte d'Aix and Castellane
🏛️no hieroglyphics like the original Luxor obelisk
Obélisque de Mazargues
MazarguesOpen
Parks & GardensParks & GardensThis 1811 obelisk was carved from honey-colored Cassis stone to celebrate Napoleon's newborn son. Smaller than its Parisian model, it was moved from Place Castellane to this roundabout in 1911.
Napoleonic monument
Cassis stone landmark
Historic roundabout
Village-without-sea charm
Tips
🚌convenient starting point for buses to the Calanques
📐sits on a historic axis with Porte d'Aix and Castellane
🏛️no hieroglyphics like the original Luxor obelisk