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Tradition places here the spot where angels carried Mary Magdalene seven times a day to pray, up from the grotto below.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"the-name","The name",[11,20,21,22,26,27,30],{},"\"Pilon\" comes from the Provençal ",[23,24,25],"em",{},"pieloun",", the summit, from the Latin ",[23,28,29],{},"podium",". Another explanation refers to the column, pillar or \"pilon\", said to have been raised here, topped with a statue of the saint.",[15,32,34],{"id":33},"a-chapel-rebuilt-several-times","A chapel rebuilt several times",[11,36,37],{},"A first chapel was built in 1493, leaning against the pilon. Destroyed at the Revolution, it was rebuilt in the simple form we know today. A major restoration was carried out from 2015 to 2017, with the rubble removed by helicopter.",[15,39,41],{"id":40},"the-panorama","The panorama",[11,43,44],{},"The chapel stands on the GR 98, at the busiest point of the ridge. An orientation table helps to read the landscape: on a clear day the view stretches from the Sainte-Victoire to the Calanques and the Alps. 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