Notre-Dame de la GardeNotre Dame de la Garde, whose architecture displays a mix of Roman and Byzantine styles. © Kazushige Takashimaa - age fotostock
This region rich with history and culture conceals many traces of its strongly artistic past.
You will discover holy art from the Middle Ages in the Cistercian abbeys in the hills, in the small churches dating from the Counter-Reformation era located along the road connecting the Alpes-Maritimes to Imperia, in the cathedrals, like Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseilles, and in the Palais des Papes in Avignon.
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