 The arrival of the TGV high-speed trains shortened the trip from Paris to Marseille to less than four hours.At the end of the 20th century, and the beginning of the 21st century, the residents of Provence were struggling to reconcile economic development and population growth with their desire to preserve the landscape and culture that make Provence unique.The original Roman province was called Gallia Transalpina, then Gallia Narbonensis, or simply "Provincia Nostra" ('Our Province') or "Provincia".