Notre-Dame de la Garde

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Date: 19.01-06.02.1892.Notr-Dame de la Garde (fr Notre-Dame de la Garde, aux Nòstra Dòna de la Gàrdia..) - basilica in Marseille. The locals call the cathedral of La Bonne Mère (good mother), assuming the guardian goroda.Sobor was built in 1853-1864. in neo-Byzantine style by architect Henri-Jacques Esperande. The building was built on the foundations of an ancient fortress on the highest point of the city, a limestone hill. This makes the cathedral one of the most notable tourist attractions of Marseille. June 5, 1864 the basilica was consecrated. Prior to that, Notre-Dame de la Garde known as the chapel, built in 1214 and rebuilt in 1536 in tserkov.Sklep basilica carved into the rock and is in the Romanesque style, the upper church has a neo-Byzantine features, decorated with mosaics. Above the square sectional tower height of 41 m it is constructed bell tower 12.5 m in height, on which is installed a golden statue of the Virgin Mary and Child height of 11 m.