Notre-Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of the Guard), is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, located on a hilltop at the highest natural elevation in

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Notre-Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of the Guard), is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, located on a hilltop at the highest natural elevation in Marseille. It was consecrated in 1864, replacing a church of the same name that was built in 1214 and restored in the 15th century. Its Upper Church is designed and decorated in a lavish neo-Byzantine style.

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