Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont, Neoclassical church in 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France
Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont is a neoclassical church building in Marseille featuring a prominent stone facade and multiple interior spaces for worship. The building contains a collection of religious paintings and artworks displayed on its walls.
A church dedicated to Saint Stephen stood here in the 6th century. The 1586 church, Notre-Dame du Mont de Rome, received ex-votos from shipwrecked sailors at the altar of Notre-Dame de la mer. Sold on 25 August 1791 during the Revolution, it was bought back by the city on 30 May 1821 and rebuilt; the first stone was laid on 14 April 1823 and Bishop Fortuné de Mazenod consecrated it on 29 February 1824.
The four canvases by Barthélemy Chasse (1659–1720) — The Flight into Egypt, The Workshop at Nazareth, The Adoration of the Shepherds and The Marriage of the Virgin — came from the Minimes convent, destroyed during the Revolution. The pulpit, carved in 1841 by Jean Joseph Vian of Pignans, shows the Visitation on its central panel, the same subject as the ceramic high relief placed on the facade in 1898.
The church is open daily from 10AM to 12PM and from 4PM to 6PM. Weekday Mass is at 8:30AM, Saturday Mass at 6:30PM and Sunday Mass at 10AM. The rosary is prayed at 5:30PM except on Sundays, and vespers are held on Wednesdays at 7PM. The entrance is at 1 rue de Lodi, on Place Notre-Dame-du-Mont.
In 1839 Frédéric Chopin played the organ here at the funeral of the singer Adolphe Nourrit, then told the parish priest the instrument was worthless and should be sold. It was sold to the commune of Eyguières, and its pipes were later resold. The organ now in the church was built by Ducroquet in 1847 and enlarged by Merklin in 1938 to 35 stops.
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