Marseilles - Place Daviel

In the cour des Accoules, with a 19th C Calvary chapel, overlooked by the Clocher des Accoules (bell-tower), are the remains of one of the oldest churches in Marseilles.

In the immediate vicinity in Place Daviel stands the Hôtel-Dieu, which is reputed to have been founded towards the end of the 12th C. The plans for the construction of the new building were largely the work of the architects Portal and Mansart. In the front courtyard is a monument to the designer Honoré Daumier of Marseilles, with a bronze by A. Bourdelle. Also in the Place Daviel is the fine Palais de Justice (old lawcourts; 1743-1747).