Mont Puget

View from the Luminy campus of the University of Marseille

The Mont Puget is a 565 meters - according to another source, a 564 meter - high mountain in the Bouches -du -Rhône region of Provence- Alpes -Cote d' Azur in France. He lies to the east of Marseille and the Massif de Marseilleveyre and is the highest point of the Calanques.

He has received in honor of the Marseilles sculptor and architect Pierre Puget His name.

The Mont Puget dominated Marseille, which lies at his feet. From its peak, it offers a look at the North and South Bay of Marseille.

Numerous hiking and climbing paths lead to the Mont Puget. The nearest point of departure for Mont Puget is the campus of the University in the suburb of Marseille Luminy, 21 at the last stop of the bus line A -developed road, which was laid out for the fire department, leads in about two hours to the summit.

View from the campus of the University of Marseille