In Marseille, you can only see it, overlooking the city and the Mediterranean.
Notre-Dame de la Garde, so original with its green stone alternating with white limestone, attracts the eye and visitors.
Tonight, RMC Découverte retraces the history of this basilica, between East and West, whose construction was an epic.
A simple story, interviews with architects and historians interspersed with necessarily sublime images: the documentary can be viewed with pleasure - especially since this emblematic monument of the Phocaean City is not often honored.
Crypt carved into the rock
The basilica dates from the 19th century, when Marseille was experiencing a golden age.
It is deployed on an old fort.
This will cause a war between soldiers and religious, who intend to mark the spirits with Notre-Dame.
“It's a feat of engineering,”
insists architect Xavier David.
Its extraordinary dimensions and its location at an altitude of 200 meters make it a special object.
Two hundred workers take it in turns, going up
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