de force that had become a major landmark of Marseille, comparable to the Eiffel tower in Paris. This became known as the "Battle of Marseille". In 1948 Fernand Pouillon was put in charge of the reconstruction of the devastated old quarter. When, beginning in the 1840s, new harbour moles, quays and the Docks were built along the coast of the La Joliette quarter to the north-west, many port activities were moved out of the Old Port. Over time, new harbour installations were built further north-west, resulting in what is today the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille: continuous harbour installations as far as L'Estaque and the southern entrance to the Rove Tunnel, and "satellite" extensions around Fos-sur-Mer and along the shore of the Étang de Berre. The Old Port is used today as a marina, as a terminal for local boat trips, and hosts a local fish market. In 2013, for the European Capital of Culture, the Old Port was largely pedestrianized. It has been renovated as a large public square following an international competition won by Michel Desvigne Paysagistes, with Foster and Partners. The project is also to have a second phase with parks to be built around the port in 2020 for a sum of €64 million. The Old Port in popular culture The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is set in the Old Port and on the Château d'If. Marius, Fanny and César, by Marcel Pagnol. Love Actually was partly filmed in the Bar de la Marine on the Old Port. Many of the bars and cafés around the Old Port are mentioned in the detective novels of Jean-Claude Izzo. Ian Fleming sets scenes in his James Bond novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service in and near Vieux Port. Claude McKay in his 1929 novel "Banjo" follows the lives of expatriate Americans in La Joliette and explores perceptions of race and culture in Europe and the US. The Old Port is featured on film in both The French Connection and The French Connection 2, starring Gene Hackman. Seven Thunders (US title: The Beasts of Marseilles), the 1957 black and white British film regarding Marseille in the Second World War, is set in the Old Port Quarter, and ends with the demolition of the quarter. Points of interest around the Old Port St. Victor's Abbey, on the south side of the Old Port, one of the oldest