The church of Saint Michel was built between 1859 and 1867. It is the third church built in Cassis. The first one, built in the 16th century, was located in the castle enclosure. With the expansion of the town, a second church was built between the 17th and 18th centuries, outside the enclosure. In the 19th century, due to the instability of the ground on which it was built, it was decided to replace this church with a new one slightly outside the town centre.
The church of Saint-Sauveur in Aubagne is a Romanesque church built between the 11th and 12th centuries and consecrated on 18 October 1615 by the bishop of Marseille. The church was adjacent to a castle that was destroyed during the French Revolution.
The village of Les Trois-Lucs only began to develop at the beginning of the 20th century, with the arrival of the tramway linking this remote location to the heart of Marseille. Soon, the need for a place of worship was felt. The Camau-Parenque family offered a piece of land on the express condition that the chapel to be built there would be dedicated to Saint Rita in memory of their deceased daughter. The parish priest, Father Jean-Baptiste Gandolfi, is in charge of the construction of the building. Modest, made of bricks, it was inaugurated in 1932 by Mgr Dubourg, Bishop of Marseille.
The Saint Michael Archangel Church was created simultaneously with the parish Saint-Michel in 1848. Opened in 1864, it is the first neogothic church in Marseille. The building was completely renovated in 2017.
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