Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde

building, Marseille, France

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Notre-Dame de la Garde is a basilica in Marseille, France, perched on a hill overlooking the city and the Mediterranean Sea. Honored as a sanctuary since the 8th century, its current structure was built between 1853 and 1864. The basilica is crowned by a steeple topped with a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary, rising 150 feet above the hillside. It serves as a significant landmark and a place of pilgrimage, offering panoramic views of Marseille.12

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…Old Port stands the celebrated Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, a sanctuary honored from the 8th century. Its present structure was built in 1853–64; its steeple, crowned by a 30-foot (nine-meter) gilded statue of the Virgin, rises 150 feet over the hillside.
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…Old Port stands the celebrated Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, a sanctuary honored from the 8th century. Its present structure was built in 1853–64; its steeple, crowned by a 30-foot (nine-meter) gilded statue of the Virgin, rises 150 feet over the hillside.
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