Basilica of Our Lady of the Guard

Basilica of Our Lady of the Guard - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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. The site of a popular Assumption Day pilgrimage, it is the most visited site in Marseille. It was built on the foundations of an ancient fort at the highest natural point in Marseille, a limestone outcropping on the south side of the Old Port of Marseille. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1897

Source: en.wikipedia.org