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Standing at the entrance to the old port of Marseille, the Mucem, the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations, is both a major museum and one of the most admired pieces of modern architecture in France. It opened in 2013, the year Marseille was European Capital of Culture, and was the first national museum devoted to the cultures of the Mediterranean as a whole. Its most celebrated building, known as the J4, was designed by the architect Rudy Ricciotti and stands on the waterfront wra...