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© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Token - Prune (Marseille - Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde) ND
| Steel | 15.59 g | 32 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Prune |
| Type | Medals › Souvenir medallions |
| Composition | Steel |
| Weight | 15.59 g |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled, Coloured |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#238113 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Representation of the Marseille coat of arms. Different from Prune at 2 o'clock.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Marseille
° Provence ° France °
Edge
Reeded
Comment
The church straddles the Roucas-Blanc and Vauban districts, on a 149 m-high limestone outcrop raised 13 m by the walls and foundations of a former fort. Built by Protestant architect Henri-Jacques Espérandieu in the Romanesque-Byzantine style and consecrated on June 5, 1864, it replaces a chapel of the same name built in 1214 and rebuilt in the 15th century. Built on the foundations of a 16th-century fort built by François I in 1536 to resist the siege of Charles V, the basilica comprises two parts: a Romanesque lower church, or crypt, dug into the rock, and a Romanesque-Byzantine upper church decorated with mosaics. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilique_Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde(13th c.) Argent, azure cross. https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=2923
