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Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseille

18 July 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time: 6 minutes

Notre-Dame de la Garde (lit.: Our Lady of the Guard), known to local citizens as la Bonne Mère (French for ‘the Good Mother’), is a Catholic basilica in Marseille 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 149 m (489 ft) limestone outcropping on the south side of the Old Port of Marseille. read more…