The basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde with its gilded statue on top of its wooded limestone hill above Marseille.

Free entry

Notre-Dame de la Garde

Notre-Dame de la Garde is a Catholic basilica on a 149-metre limestone hill south of Marseille's Old Port, built from 1853 to plans by Henri-Jacques Espérandieu on the site of an old fort. A Romanesque crypt cut into the rock lies beneath a Neo-Byzantine upper church with mosaics, and the bell tower carries an 11-metre gilded statue of the Virgin and Child.

When to go

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Mon07:00–18:00

Tue07:00–18:00

Wed07:00–18:00

Thu07:00–18:00

Fri07:00–18:00

Sat07:00–18:00

Sun07:00–18:00

Nearby

Abbey of Saint-Victor

church

Old Port of Marseille

harbour

Free entry

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