NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA GARDE Home Page An Astonishing Architectural Style... ...And Astonishing Particularities Our Lady of the Guard in numbers "Our Good Mother" from all directions Let's go Inside... A story of abiding tenacity living Faith To Welcome You FORUM A few books

The floor is a large mosaic, ordered from the Venitian workshop of Francesco Mora, as were most of the mosaics used to decorate the edifice. Henri Espérandieu, the architect, died at 45 without completing the interior decoration of the basilica. One of his students, Henri Révoil, finished the domes and the chancel. * The basilica has some interesting statues. Besides the missionnaries' memorial and the statues of Isaiah and Saint John which we saw outside, other sculptures may be admired : - three other "Good Mothers", one of which made of silver required 6 years of work from a gifted and forgotten artist, Chanuel. Statue by Chanuel Virgin with a bouquet - a life-size 15th century Provençal Christ.