Marseille is the second biggest city in France and it is also the oldest French city. According to the legend, Marseille was first founded by the greeks and they have built a trade port here, and after it became a Roman colony, during the French revolution, 500 volunteers from Marseille went to Paris to defend the revolutionary government, all the way they were singing their revolutionary song which is called "marseillaise", in the end the song became the national anthem of France.