Basilique de Fourvière

With 1.5 million visitors every year, Fourvière is one of the busiest sanctuaries and tourist site in France. The Virgin Mary has been worshipped here for more than a thousand years.


Fourvière basilica is a typical example of 19th century religious architecture.

Several services are held in Fourvière every day and the team of chaplains and volunteer workers is on hand for a personal welcome.

Guided tours explain the basilica, its architecture and its decoration; the famous “visite insolite” ending on the roof of the Basilica.