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THE OPENING PROJECT
A restored fort, a place to live and create with and for everyone
Key dates
Located in the heart of Marseille, the Fort d’Entrecasteaux, also known as “Fort Saint-Nicolas”, will gradually open its doors to the public from spring 2024, until full access to the site in 2030.
The association managing the venue since December 2021 is carrying out its opening project as well as the restoration of the site, which has been classified as a historical monument since 1969. It will rely in particular on ACTA VISTA, an association that has been restoring the site for 20 years, thanks to workcamps and professional training.
The main objective of this project? To build a real place to live and create with and for everyone, in the respect of the values of inclusion and transmission that have been the basis of this project since its creation, as well as the ambitions in terms of culture, art and sustainable development.
La Citadelle of Marseille will rely on ACTA VISTA, an association that has been running a work camp on the site for the past 20 years, to ensure that the restoration is carried out according to the rules of the art.
The 4 dimensions of La Citadelle de Marseille at the Fort d’Entrecasteaux ?
Inclusion, Transmission, Culture and Sustainable Development.
Issues & dimensions
- La Citadelle de Marseille intends to extend ACTA VISTA's socially responsible management model to the site's future professions. Restoration, reception, security, mediation, all of the professions will be an opportunity to make it a real lever for inclusion.
- The Fort, its history and its heritage will initiate, within the framework of a cultural and scientific project to be written, a dialogue between university enthusiasts, citizens bearing memories, and plural creators to define together its scope.
- Times of formal and informal transmissions will also be an opportunity to make the Citadelle a real place to live. The northern gardens, the first areas to be permanently open to the public, will be a village square, offering rest periods, small-scale catering and popular entertainment, providing an opportunity for users of the site, the local public and the visiting public to meet.
- The cultural mediation offer will allow everyone to discover the Fort, both for young visitors and for those passing through.
- The Citadelle will also be keen to make this site a place of creation, inviting artists and creators of the future to make it an open-air laboratory of ideas and perspectives, and offering cultural events that echo the expectations of the public and are designed in co-production with the partners of the territory.
- Finally, the restoration work is being carried out using an eco restoration methodology. The techniques used are environmentally friendly, sustainable, the materials are responsibly sourced, and the waste from the site is recycled as much as possible.
La Citadelle de Marseille is an association of Groupe SOS
Groupe SOS is a non-profit group of social purpose organizations. Born in 1984 in France, to achieve the SDGs, Groupe SOS gathers 650 facilities, associations and social businesses.
Europe’s leader in social and solidarity economy, the Group brings local expertise to co-build projects and institutional reforms with public and private partners.
We fight, engage and innovate to drive systemic change for the most vulnerable people, future generations and fragile territories, and count about 2 million direct beneficiaries in over 40 countries.
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