Ensemble Notre-Dame-des-Marins et école maternelle Di Lorto

In the late 1950s, Martigues' mayor, Francis Turcan, initiated a campaign for the construction of social housing to accommodate workers employed at the Fos-sur-Mer industrial site. Simultaneously, the state proposed the creation of a ZUP with 500 housing units in Martigues. Architect and urban planner Michel Ecochard, noted for his work in Morocco and Lebanon, was selected for the project. Anticipating Martigues' future growth, Ecochard designed a significant urban boulevard, named Voie V1 (later Voie Francis Turcan), which connects the ZUP to the northern interchange of the Fos-Marseille highway viaduct, leading to the Istres road and the Berre lagoon.