Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement of Marseille
Marseille

Notre-Dame de la Garde

Notre-Dame de la Garde, known to local citizens as la Bonne Mère, is a Catholic basilica in , France, and the city's best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assumption Day pilgrimage, it is the most visited site in Marseille.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: basilica located in Bouches-du-Rhône, in France
  • Also known as: “Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde”, “La bonne mere”, “La bonne mère”, and “La Bonne Mère”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-François-d’Assise de Vauban and Great Synagogue of Marseille.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 250 metres southeast of Notre-Dame de la Garde.

Synagogue
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The is a Jewish congregation and synagogue located on Rue Breteuil in the of , . The building was listed as a monument historique in 2007. The congregation worships in the Sephardi rite. is situated 620 metres northeast of Notre-Dame de la Garde.

Church
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The Abbey of Saint-Victor, Marseille is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr Victor of Marseilles. is situated 1 km northwest of Notre-Dame de la Garde.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 7th arrondissement of Marseille and 6th arrondissement of Marseille.

Suburb
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The is one of the 16 arrondissements of Marseille, . It is governed locally together with the , with which it forms the 1st sector of Marseille.

Suburb
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The is one of the 16 arrondissements of Marseille. It is governed locally together with the , with which it forms the 4th sector of Marseille.

Quarter
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is a quarter in the of , . According to the 2012 INSEE census, it had a population of 4,220.

Notre-Dame de la Garde

Latitude
43.28395° or 43° 17′ 2″ north
Longitude
5.37124° or 5° 22′ 17″ east
Elevation
149 metres (489 feet)
Open location code
8FM779MC+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 69137913
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11496469
Wiki­data ID
Q975925
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Notre-Dame de la Garde” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية نوتردام دي لا غارد”
  • Armenian: “Նոտր Դամ դե լա Գարդ”
  • Basque: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Bulgarian: “Нотър Дам дьо ла Гард”
  • Catalan: “Nostra Dona de la Gàrdia”
  • Catalan: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Chinese: “守护圣母圣殿”
  • Czech: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Dutch: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Dutch: “Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه نوتردام دى لا جارد”
  • Esperanto: “Dipatrino-de-la-Gardo”
  • Esperanto: “Nia-Signorino-de-la-Gardo”
  • Finnish: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • French: “basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde”
  • French: “Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde”
  • Galician: “Basílica de Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • German: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Indonesian: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Italian: “Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde”
  • Japanese: “ノートル＝ダム＝ド＝ラ＝ガルド大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “ノートルダム・ド・ラ・ガルド大聖堂”
  • Korean: “노트르담 드 라 가르드 성당”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Norwegian: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nòstra Dòna de la Gàrdia”
  • Persian: “نتردام دو لا گرد”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Notre Dame de la Garde w Marsylii”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Portuguese: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Romanian: “Bazilica Notre-Dame de la Garde din Marsilia”
  • Russian: “Нотр-Дам-де-ла-Гард”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Spanish: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Swedish: “Notre-Dame de la Garde”
  • Ukrainian: “Нотр-Дам-де-ля-Гард”
  • Wu Chinese: “马赛圣母殿”

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