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Vacances plongée sous marine à Cassis - Scuba diving vacations in Cassis, France.
Dernière plongée du 26 Juin après midi sur le tombant de Castelvieil - Last diving of June 26 at Castelvieil.
Sony A7 in Nauticam NA-7 housing, UW-Nikkor 15 mm f/2.8 at f/8 to f/11, 200 ISO. Two Inon Z-240 strobes
Another more ‘’panoramic’’ shot along the waterfront of Cassis. Mostly restaurants line this scenic strip but lots of colorful apartments are above. What amazes me are the lack of balconies and how small the balconies are. I sure if everybody had a large balcony it would ruin the charm.
Cassis is a popular tourist destination, famous for its cliffs and the sheltered inlets called calanques.
The site where Cassis now sits was first occupied between 500 and 600 BC. These people lived by fishing, hunting, and by farming. During the Roman times, Cassis was part of the maritime route. At this time it was a small village established mainly around the beaches. The principal livelihood was fishing and maritime trade with North Africa and the Middle East. By the fifteenth century, Cassis was ceded to the Counts of Provence, then René of Anjou gave the town to the Bishops of Marseille, who ruled the town until the Revolution of 1789.
By the eighteenth century new industries were developed, including the drying of cod, the manufacture of olive oil, clothing, coral work, wine, and the excavation of local stone which made Cassis famous since antiquity.