Centre de la Vieille Charité

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  • Address
    2 rue de la Charité, 2e
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  • Phone
    04 91 14 58 38
  • Transport
    underground rail: Joliette

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Lonely Planet review

Designed by Marseillais architect Pierre Puget, the arcaded courtyard of the Centre de la Vieille Charité wraps around Provence's most imposing baroque church.

Used variously as a barracks, a soldiers' rest home and, later, low-cost housing for people who lost their homes during WWII, the centre now houses the Musée d'Archéologie Mediterranéenne and the Musée des Arts Africains, Océaniens & Amérindiens, which has a diverse and often striking collection, including masks from the Americas, Africa and the Pacific.