The Great Synagogue of Marseille, long called the Great Temple, was built from the plans of Nathan Salomon in 1860. The first stone was laid on July 15, 1863 and the inauguration took place on September 22, 1864 in the presence of the city authorities.
Its plan is elongated and it has two low-lying coastlines. There are two levels of elevation.
The Great Synagogue in Marseille is a Sephardi synagogue from 1864. The architect of the synagogue is Salomon Nathan. This Neo-Romanesque stone building still serves as a synagogue.
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.
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.
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