Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) — Modern Cathedral (main façade East, before completion) — Collection of the Solution Pautaubege, 5th Series

Description

Illustration of the main East façade of the modern cathedral in Marseille, before its completion, with its two towers crowned with domes and its central porch. The reverse details the history of the Sainte-Marie-Majeure cathedral, begun in 1852 on the plans of Léon Vaudoyer, and describes its Byzantine style mixed with Romanesque elements. The publisher is the Collection of the Solution Pautaubege.