The Virgin and Child statue enthroned at the top of Marseille's Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde basilica is getting a makeover this ...

The Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde – translated as Our Lady of the Guard – was built in the 1850s on the foundation of Marseille's ancient fortress. Today, this working Catholic basilica ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron will jointly inaugurate India's second diplomatic mission ...

A huge golden statue of the Virgin Mary that has for more than a century watched over the French port city of Marseille and ...

Renowned for its rich history, art and cuisine, this iconic country is home to some of the most beautiful and culturally ...

Marseille's giant 'Good Mother' statue to gleam brighter A huge golden statue of the Virgin Mary that has for more than a century watched over the French port city of Marseille and its seafarers is ...

The virgin, holding a lively Baby Jesus in her arms, stands atop Notre Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of the Watch), a church completed in 1864 on the highest hill in France's second largest city.

The virgin, holding a lively Baby Jesus in her arms, stands atop Notre Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of the ... the latest such preservation works at the basilica. "Finally we have reached the ...

Adorned with the "Touchdown Jesus" mural and a view of the Basilica ... Guynemer de la Hailandière. Although Sorin and his associates received the deed to the land in 1842, Notre Dame wasn ...

Two churches across the Atlantic from one another share similar stories. Notre Dame and St. John the Divine are both symbols ...