3D print Notre-Dame de la Garde
A free, printable model of Notre-Dame de la Garde, its tall bell tower and domes, with the steep rocky slope, roads and buildings around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Notre-Dame de la Garde
Marseille's best-known symbol is Notre-Dame de la Garde, a Catholic basilica that locals call la Bonne Mère. A popular Assumption Day pilgrimage takes place at the site. The basilica stands on the foundations of a fort, at the city's highest natural point, on a limestone outcropping south of the Old Port.
Construction began in 1853 and lasted over 40 years. The basilica began as an expansion of a medieval chapel, but Father Bernard, the chaplain, requested a new structure instead, and the architect Henri-Jacques Espérandieu made the plans. On June 5, 1864, before it was finished, it was consecrated. The lower church, or crypt, is Romanesque and cut into the rock; the upper church is Neo-Byzantine and adorned with mosaics.
The square bell tower, 41 m (135 ft) tall, carries a belfry of 12.5 m (41 ft) on top. The Madonna and Child statue on top, 11.2 m (37 ft) tall, is copper covered in gold leaf. A restoration between 2001 and 2008 addressed candle smoke on the mosaics, pollution corroding the green Gonfolina limestone, and bullet damage to stonework from the Liberation of France.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 18 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 23 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 29 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Slender tower top and statue
- The bell tower ends in a narrow belfry, a spire and a small statue. Print friendly adapts these thin parts to the print scale; Full detail keeps them, which suits a larger print. Print slowly with good cooling.
- Domes and small finials
- Two domes and small finials sit on the roofline. A bigger print size keeps them, and layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep the curves smooth.
- One piece with the ground
- Notre-Dame de la Garde is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. Notre-Dame de la Garde takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
Notre-Dame de la Garde is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Notre-Dame de la Garde STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. Notre-Dame de la Garde grows with the print: about 18 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
