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It is said that his return from Constantinople, by visiting the bay of Toulon on his private yacht, Michel Pacha was seized by the resemblance between he discovered the Bay of Lazaret, for the Royal Tower and the entrance to the Bosphorus Pera to where he lived in Constantinople.

Native Sanary, Michel Pacha comes from a prestigious lineage of sea captains. In 1835, when a cholera epidemic threatens Marseille, his father decided to embark with him like foam on the Stationary, ship under his command in Toulon. The young man climbed the ranks quickly with a copy which stunned his instructors. At the end of his active duty he joined the Merchant Navy where he spent his entire career. On 15 May 1844 he received the master in the long term by ministerial decision: ten years later he was promoted to general manager of flagship of the Ottoman Empire.

For his work in the field of Ports and Lighthouses of Turkey, Black Sea, Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean and Constantinople, the sultan student commander Michel to the dignity of "Pasha". Returning to his native province, he began to develop the district of La Seyne sur Mer called Tamaris which George Sand, after having stayed for three months, says: "Tamarisk is a city in Greece, no, it is a hill in large tears in the side Toulon.

With a fortune no doubt considerable, Michel Pacha form the plan to establish a Tamaris a genus East rich wintering host wishing to come to rest in this pleasant place.
Marius Michel Pasha, made his fortune, began to buy land and then throughout the south, built his castle, it installs its fauna and flora of the Bosphorus filled palm, mandarin and many other species.