AN HISTORIC LANDMARK

New Zealand Tablet, 14 December 1916, Page 22

AN HISTORIC LANDMARK

A press despatch published in the American paper* state that the celebrated hill of Notice Dame de la Garde, on which rises the famous basilica crowned v by its (Treat statue of our Lady, a landmark to all who enter or leave the .harbor of Marseilles, is at last to be classed as an historical monument. Three great V quarries which have been at work for some years honeycombed the hill with galleries and passages. The clergy several times protested, as they saw .the church was threatened with destruction. But it needed a vigorous press campaign to save the monument beloved by thousands of Catholic pilgrims, the world over. This campaign was commenced by La Croix. The Catholic press was assisted by the local journals. After two years of ceaseless effort the quarries have been closed..