The Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde – translated as Our Lady of the Guard – was built in the 1850s on the foundation of Marseille's ancient fortress. Today, this working Catholic basilica ...

The Virgin and Child statue enthroned at the top of Marseille's Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde basilica is getting a makeover this year. The statue, known to the locals as 'Bonne-mere' (Good Mother), will be ...

la basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde. Ainsi Paul Signac qui a donné naissance au pointillisme a réalisé en 1905 un magnifique tableau exposé au Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York.

The statue of the Virgin Mary that has kept watch over the French port city of Marseille and its seafarers for more than a ...

Notre-Dame de la Garde, également appelée localement « la Bonne Mère » est une des basiliques mineures de l'Église catholique. Elle est située sur un piton calcaire de 149 mètres d'altitude au sud du ...

The Madonna, holding the baby Jesus in her arms, stands atop Notre Dame de la Garde ("Our Lady of the Watch"), the church ... An overall restoration of the basilica is due to begin this month, at an ...