St.-Ferréol Les Augustins - Marseille, France CRW_6302
Sitting directly across from the Old Port, the church was originally known as the Augustinian Chapel, for the religious order that built it (between 1542-88) and had their monastery adjacent to it. With the French Revolution, these buildings - like many other religious buildings in France - were confiscated and put up for sale. In the end, the monastery was demolished, but the church survived with only its front end amputated (to allow for street widening) and was eventually returned to worshippers, who had the bright new facade built over the opening of the original beige structure.
The name St.-Ferréol was also added, to commemorate a nearby parish whose church was in fact reduced to rubble during the Revolutionary frenzy.
It continues to offer daily masses.
St.-Ferréol Les Augustins - Marseille, France CRW_6302
Sitting directly across from the Old Port, the church was originally known as the Augustinian Chapel, for the religious order that built it (between 1542-88) and had their monastery adjacent to it. With the French Revolution, these buildings - like many other religious buildings in France - were confiscated and put up for sale. In the end, the monastery was demolished, but the church survived with only its front end amputated (to allow for street widening) and was eventually returned to worshippers, who had the bright new facade built over the opening of the original beige structure.
The name St.-Ferréol was also added, to commemorate a nearby parish whose church was in fact reduced to rubble during the Revolutionary frenzy.
It continues to offer daily masses.