Marseille-Provence 2013 of Marseille. "The New York Times" cited Marseille as number two on the places to visit in 2013 after Rio. Marseille also won the award for Best City in 2014 from "Wallpaper" magazine (along with San Francisco). Marseille was named ‘European City of the Year 2014’ by The Academy of Urbanism in London, a professional association of more than 500 British designers. An exhibition based on the Albert Camus archives was supposed to be organised in Aix-en-Provence by the sociologist and historian Benjamin Stora. However, Stora was removed from the project which led the French Ministry of Culture to withdraw
University Network of the European Capitals of Culture University Network of the European Capitals of Culture The University Network of the European Capitals of Culture(UNeECC), an international non-profit association, was founded upon the initiative of the University of Pécs in Pécs, Hungary in December 2006 by 15 founding members. UNeECC invites memberships in three different categories: The Secretariat of UNEECC is at the University of Pécs in Hungary. In 2007 the UNeECC GA and Conference was hosted by Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu. The Keynote Speaker of the Conference was Mr. Roger O’Keeffe Principal Administrator, from European Commission Directorate for Education and Culture. In 2008 the GA and