Provence Méditerranée
Entre Martigues et Marseille
La Côte Bleue
Notre Dame de la Garde : The highest point of the city, where the first chapel was built in 1214. In 1524, François I built a fort here. The present Romanesque-Byzantine basilica, designed by the architect Espérandieu, was one of the great building projects undertaken during the Second Empire and was consecrated in 1864.From the esplanade there is a most impressive view of Marseille.