Photos of Cathedrale de la Major

The Cathedral of Marseille is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Byzantine-Romanesque style. It stands on the coast of the Joliette district in the north of the Old Port of Marseille. The building is magnificent in appearance and exquisite in interior decoration. In 1852, Napoleon III laid the foundation stone for the church, but it was built using unique building materials - green Florentine stone and white marble, so it was not completed until 1896 and it was canonized as a basilica. This majestic church was completed by architects Léon Vaudoyer and Henri-Jacques Espérendieu. The interior of the church has an altar that dates back nearly a thousand years and a revered bishop's tomb. The exquisite mosaic patterns are also worth a stop. appreciate. Most of the old cathedral (Vieille Major) has been demolished, and the remaining parts stand aside, dwarfed by the new cathedral.