The Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont is a

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Location

It is located in the

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called ''Place Notre-Dame-du-Mont''.

History

A smaller church was built in 1586, where sailors would bring their

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s. Over time, this tradition was moved to

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. In 1823-1824, the current church building was constructed in the neoclassical style. In 1839,

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(1810-1849) played on the

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inside the church, which is still there.

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/ref> It has four paintings by Barthélemy Chasse (1659-1720): ''La fuite en Égypte'', ''L'atelier de Nazareth'', ''L'adoration des bergers'' and ''Le mariage de la Vierge''.Arnaud Ramière de Fortanier, Nicolas Cendo, Danielle Maure, ''Marseille au XVIIe siècle: exposition , Archives communales, Marseille, février-mars 1980'', Archives communales, 1980, p. 8

/ref> It also has one painting by

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(1815–1849): ''Christ en majesté''.

At present

The church building is open every day from 10AM to 12PM, and from 4PM to 6PM. Mass is said every weekday at 8:30AM, every Saturday at 6:30PM, and every Sunday at 10AM. The

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takes place every at 5:30PM except Sundays, and the

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take place every Wednesday at 7PM. The current vicar is Fr Jean-Paul Sorragi, and the deacon is Philippe Chollat.

Gallery

References

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