Marseille, FR

Church of Notre-Dame du Mont

The history of the Church of Notre Dame Du Mont began in the 16th century. But, at the same place, in the 6th century, a church dedicated to St Etienne had been built. It is therefore on this same site that the Church of Our Lady of the Mount of Rome was later built. It is known as the Church of the Seamen. Thus, sailors who survived a tragedy at sea, shipwrecks, would come to this place to gather. Construction began on April 14, 1823 and was completed in 1824. It was consecrated on February 29, 1824 by Bishop Fortuné de Mazenod.

About this building

With an elongated plan, the church has a rounded apse.

Key Features

  • Monuments

Visitors information

  • Bus stop within 100m
  • Parking within 250m
  • Café within 500m

Other nearby buildings

Church of St Nicolas de Myre

By order of Louis XVIII, this church was built on the initiative of the Archbishop of Myra Monsignor Maximos Mazloum for eastern refugees from Egypt following the Kleber campaigns in 1801 and from Syria after the Ottoman persecutions of 1817.

Chapel of the Bernardines

The Bernardine nuns, reformed Cistercian nuns, founded a first convent in Marseilles in 1637 on the new quayside, on the estate of the "King's Garden", spending 800,000 pounds for this construction and settling there on 20 August 1751. The building of the convent and its church was first entrusted to the architect Pierre-Paul Bruand and then to the Marseille architect Balthazar Dreveton. Today the building is transformed into a theatre.

St Joseph Church (Marseille 6e)

The development of the city of Marseille at the beginning of the 19th century, with the creation of new districts, necessitated the construction of new parishes, particularly in the southern districts with the building of new churches. Authorization to build the church of Saint Joseph was given by Bishop Charles-Fortuné de Mazenod on August 14, 1831, who appointed Abbot Abbot Abbat as rector.

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