FRANCE. PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D AZUR. BOUCHES DU RHONE (13) MARSEILLE, THE SAINTE MARIE MAJEURE CATHEDRAL, OFTEN CALLED THE MAJOR, IS THE CATHOLIC CATHE

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FRANCE. PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D AZUR. BOUCHES DU RHONE (13) MARSEILLE, THE SAINTE MARIE MAJEURE CATHEDRAL, OFTEN CALLED THE MAJOR, IS THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF IN THE DISTRICT OF JOLIETTE IN THE 2ND DISTRICT, IT STANDS ON AN ESPLANADE BETWEEN THE OLD PORT AND THE PORT DE LA JOLIETTE, ON THE SITE OF THE ANCIENT CATHEDRAL OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY, FROM WHERE COMES THE OCCITAN NAME OF "MAJOR". IT WAS BUILT IN NEO-BYZANTINE STYLE BETWEEN 1852 AND 1893 ON PLANS BY ARCHITECT LEON VAUDOYER. ITS ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, MARBLE AND PORPHYRY, GIVE IT A SPECIAL APPEARANCE TO A RELIGIOUS BUILDING

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