Marseille Sights

  1. Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde

    Everywhere you go in Marseille, you'll see the golden statue of the Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde, the Romano-Byzantine basilica rising up from the city's highest hill, La Garde (162m). Built between 1853 and 1864, the domed basilica is ornamented with coloured marble, murals, and intricate mosaics, which were superbly restored in 2006; and gives you a 360-degree panorama of the city's sea of terracotta roofs below.

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  2. Monument aux Morts de l'Armée d'Orient

    The 1922 Monument aux Morts de l'Armée d'Orient, a WWI memorial statue.

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  3. Monument aux Repatriés d'Afrique du Nord

    Sculpted in bronze by César in 1971, the enormous propeller of the Monument aux Repatriés d'Afrique du Nord honours those who returned from North Africa.

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  4. Unité d'Habitation

    Elevated on tapering pylons like a titanic dry-docked ship, visionary International style architect Le Corbusier redefined urban living in 1952 with the completion of his vertical 337-apartment 'garden city', Unité d'Habitation, also known as Cité Radieuse (Radiant City).

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