Notre-Dame-des-Accoules

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Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′ 51.6 ″  N , 5 ° 22 ′ 7.5 ″  E

Notre-Dame-des-Accoules church

The Notre-Dame-des-Accoules is a church building in the Accoules district in Marseille . The bell tower of the church was classified as a Monument Historique on July 7, 1964 .

etymology

The name of the church is derived from its arched structure, from the Latin per angulos or arcuatim constructa . Some other authors believe that the word Accoules from Latin acquis fluentibus comes. A spring is said to have been located nearby that supplied a stream in ancient times . The brook was located near the old port and was rediscovered during an excavation at Place Jules-Verne .

Emergence

The church was built on the ruins of a Minerva temple. In 1033 nuns from Saint Sauveur moved into the building and took over the management of the church, which had now been converted into an abbey . In 1060 it was attached to the Abbey of Saint-Victor de Marseille and associated with the name Sancta Maria ad Acuas . Since 1064 the abbey bordered the parish of Saint-Martin. Notre-Dame-des-Accoules and Saint-Martin are considered the first two parishes in Marseille.

According to an inscription on a preserved column, the church was reconstructed in 1205. In the fourteenth century it was rebuilt in the Gothic style . The church house was divided into five bays and had buttresses on the outside .

present

The church was destroyed during the French Revolution in 1794 as it offered shelter to political opponents of the National Convention .

Today only the bell tower remains, which rests on a former tower base (Sauveterre tower).

See also

literature

  • Marc Bouiron: Histoire et topographie des monuments de Marseille médiévale. In: Études massaliètes, 7. Marseille 2001, ISBN 2-7449-0250-0 , pp. 255-276.

Web links

Commons : Notre-Dame-des-Accoules  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry no. PA00081334 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ a b A. Boudin: Histoire de Marseille. 1852, Marseille, p. 161.
  3. ↑ Bouiron: Histoire et des monuments topography médiévale de Marseille. P. 266.