Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont
Neoclassical hillside chapel once revered by shipwrecked sailors giving thanks for survival.
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This guide to Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont in Marseille begins with the sailors who climbed this hillside after shipwrecks in the years after 1586, leaving offerings to Our Lady of the Sea. It follows the church through the French Revolution, when it was sold off, and points out the ceramic relief made in Toulouse above its door. Best heard in front of the entrance, looking up.
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