NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA GARDE

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An Astonishing
Architectural Style...


...And Astonishing
Particularities


Our Lady of the Guard
in numbers


"Our Good Mother"
from all directions


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A story of abiding tenacity

living Faith

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Here, at Our Lady of the Guard, the contrast is particularly strong from outside to inside.
The basilica entrance, like that to the crypt, separate two different worlds : the dazzling light of the terrace, perched in the sky above the city and the waves, and the seemingly shadowy dimness inside.

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Then your eyes adjust to it, and you are astonished to discover the mosaics and polychromy which surround you.