The Castle of MARCEL PAGNOL ("le château de ma mère")

Château de la Buzine owes its fame to the work of Marcel Pagnol, a great French writer and filmmaker of the 20th century. In 1904 the Pagnol Family discreetly crossed the land to reach their vacation spot more quickly. Marcel Pagnol buys the castle, he plans to create a "Hollywood Provençal" The city of Marseille will buy the castle completely destroyed in 1995 and rebuilt it from 2007 to 2011. In 2013 it became the Cité du Cinéma Provençal, an essential place of culture.