Marseille Sights

  1. Abbaye St-Victor

    The twin tombs of 4th-century martyrs and a 3rd-century sarcophagus are among the sacred objects inside imposing Romanesque 12th-century Abbaye St-Victor, set on a hill above the Vieux Port. The annual Pèlerinage de la Chandeleur and Marseille's annual sacred music festival, Festival des Chants Sacrés en Méditerranée, also take place here.

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  2. Nouvelle Cathédrale de la Major

    Cupolas, towers and turrets top the Romano-Byzantine Nouvelle Cathédrale de la Major. Built between 1852 and 1893, the enormous 140m-long, 60m-high structure dwarfs the remains of the neighbouring 11th-century cathedral, Vieille Major.

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