Notre-Dame-du-Cap-Falcon Outdoor Altar - Cap Brun, Toulon, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member denben
N 43° 06.276 E 005° 58.295
31T E 741804 N 4776717
This outdoor altar is located at the foot of the Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Cap-Falcon at the Cap Brun, Toulon.
Waymark Code: WMTM8N
Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Date Posted: 12/09/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
Views: 7

Inaugurated on April 26, 1975 by Bishop Gilles Barthe of Fréjus-Toulon, the chapel is surmounted by a statue of the Virgin previously located on Cap Falcon in Oran, Algeria and is dedicated to all Pieds-Noirs buried in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The chapel was completely restored in 2007: stained-glass windows, ceramics, tree of life to present reliquaries containing earth from different cemeteries of Algeria, plate for the Missing ones...

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Inaugurée le 26 avril 1975 par Mgr Gilles Barthe, évêque de Fréjus-Toulon, la chapelle est surmontée d'une statue de la Vierge précédemment située sur le Cap Falcon à Oran, Algérie et est dédiée à tous les Pieds-Noirs enterrés au Maroc, en Algérie et en Tunisie. La chapelle a été complètement restaurée en 2007: installation de vitraux, céramiques, arbre de vie pour présenter des reliquaires contenant de la terre de différents cimetières d’Algérie, plaque pour les Disparus...

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Material(s): Stone

Associated Religion or Church: Catholism

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Parking Coordinates: N 43° 06.311 E 005° 58.278

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