A visit to Abbey of Saint Victor - March 30th

Saint Victor was first built in the 3rd century on the tombs of Christian martyrs - the basilica is one of the oldest religious monuments in Marseille.  Saint Victor has played a very important part in the history of the town.  We paid 2 euros to go down in the crypt which the boys thought was very cool.

Lachlan said it was cold, smelly and dusty.  He also said it was a bit scary with lots of tombs and he wondered how he built it.  The crypt was the favourite bit of Saint Victor and said it is somewhere we have to take Uncle Dean, Aunty Emma and Bub.

Connor said it was old and pretty cool.  It was really dark in some places and the bones were a bit creepy.  He said that there were lots of signs in English which were good.  He also noticed that there were lots of pictures of Jesus.  

Saint Victor and the boys

The alter table - white marble made from the 2nd half of the 5th century

The boys heading down into the crypt 

One of the tombs.........

Saint Victor is on the other side of the port from were we live.  There is a little marina just down that is called Vallon des Auffes - the fishermen who moored in here speak a special provincial dialect called Parler Marsillais.

On our way home we decided to take a photo in front of Hotel de Ville - City Hall which was built in 1653. We talk past this multiple times a day as it is on the waterfront and is a central feature.

Local beer - pretty good but 5.5%