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Notre-Dame de la Garde (literally: Our Lady of the Guard), known to local citizens as la Bonne Mère (French for 'the Good Mother'), is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol.
Jun 1, 2020 · If you’re a history lover, you can visit the musuem of Notre-Dame de la Garde, located within the basilica. You’ll discover the entire history of the hill of La Garde, the basilica and even the city of Marseille.
Notre-Dame de la Garde, called “la bonne mère” by Marseille’s citizens, is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city’s best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assumption Day pilgrimage, it was the most visited site in Marseille.
Notre Dame de la Garde is the symbol of the city of Marseille. For 800 years, pilgrims have succeeded one another there. From the basilica, Marseille, also called the Phocaean city, offers itself to the visitor who can embrace the whole city with a glance.
Contrary to what visitors might think, Notre Dame de la Garde is not a cathedral but a basilica. This Byzantine inspired masterpiece was designed by the architect Henry Espérandieu. Inside, a Romano-Byzantine style with stones decorated with mosaics dominates.
- Rue Fort du Sanctuaire, 13281 Marseille
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We can go to Notre Dame de la Garde in walking, with the bus, with the little train... And at the top, there is an incredible 360° view on the France oldest city and on the sea. The church is very beautiful.
Built on the foundations of a 16th-century fort, which was itself an enlargement of a 13th-century chapel, the basilica is ornamented with coloured marble, superb Byzantine-style mosaics, and murals depicting ships sailing under the protection of La Bonne Mère (The Good Mother).
