The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Convent of St. Lazarus called the Dominicans is located in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, rue Edmond Rostand.
The church was built from 1867 to 1899, and consecrated in 1878. Of Romano-Byzantine inspiration, the architect Bossan adopted the neo-classical style.
It's oriented, with an elongated type plan. There are eight bays.
The convent of Marseille was founded in 1225 and, after its suppression in 1790, was restored in 1862. Since then, the friars occupy the same convent buildings built in the 19th century located in the heart of the city, near Place Castellane. The place was used as a refuge for Jews during the Second World War .
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.
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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