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MSC Splendida Cruise Nov 2014 - Marseille

NOTRE DAME DE LA GARDE CATHEDRAL.

 

This Roman Catholic Neo-Byzantine Church was built by the architect Henri-Jacques in 1864.

 

The tall bell tower is topped by a belfry which supports a MONUMENTAL statue of the Madonna & Child made of copper gilded with gold leaf.

 

Notre-Dame de la Garde means literally - Our Lady of the Guard.

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