Abbaye Saint Victor

The monastery of Saint Victor is very close to the old port and is easy to walk from the old port. After the French Revolution, it was used as a warehouse and prison. At the same time, a feel-like fortress houses many ancient relics of the bishops, and the best part of the monastery is its underground treasures.

On the way back to the old port from the Church of Our Lady of Marseille, we turned to the Abbey of Saint Victor. Compared with the church, the Abbey is more simple, with no colorful glass windows, beautiful domes, only the ash left by the stone. When I entered, it seemed that some students were organizing a visit. There was a shell inside, which was estimated to be left in the war. There were some coffins in the basement of the monastery. I saw that there were stairs and went down for a circle. I didn't encounter a charge.

Built in the fifth century AD, the monastery was built on the site of the ancient Old City, which has been on the south bank of the old port. After several destructions, the monastery was reinforced under Pope Urban V in the 14th century. Inside the monastery's lower-city church, there are important relics from the fifth century AD and many sarcophagus left at that time, containing the remains of many Christians and pagans. The tombs where the two oldest martyrs were buried are the remains of the monastery's first construction. It was from this monastery that the whole region of Provence began the process of Christianization.

On the way back to the old port from the Church of Our Lady of Marseille, we turned to the Abbey of Saint Victor. Compared with the church, the Abbey is more simple, with no colorful glass windows, beautiful domes, only the ash left by the stone. When I entered, it seemed that some students were organizing a visit. There was a shell inside, which was estimated to be left in the war. There were some coffins in the basement of the monastery. I saw that there were stairs and went down for a circle. I didn't encounter a charge.

Inside the monastery's lower-city church, there are important relics from the fifth century AD and many sarcophagus left at that time, containing the remains of many Christians and pagans. The tombs where the two oldest martyrs were buried are the remains of the monastery's first construction. Near the old port, it is a relatively simple church.