Escalier André Suares

Their story.

This staircase allow you to climb the last few hectometers that separates you from Notre Dame de la Garde. It was created after the disappearance of the funicular which allowed to climb the hill easily. The elevator was renovated and the cabins replaced in 1945-1946. But the development of automobile transport weakened the profitability of the funicular. On September 11, 1967, at 6:30 p.m., the funicular ceased all activity. The work of démolition begins in March 1974.

Did you know...
Isaac Félix Suarès known as André Suarès was born in Marseilles at 91 Rue Saint-Jacques (a street below). He was a French poet and writer. He is buried on July 8, 1950 in the town of Baux-de-Provence. He obtained in 1935, for the whole of his work, the grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française.