Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Sainte-Marie

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The Our Lady of the Assumption Church[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/caribbean/15435.htm Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Sainte-Marie] ({{langx|fr|Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Sainte-Marie}}){{Cite web|url=http://www.martinique-decouverte.com/noseglises/page45.html|title=L'église Notre-Dame -de -l'Assomption de Sainte-Marie.|website=www.martinique-decouverte.com|access-date=2016-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610023945/http://www.martinique-decouverte.com/noseglises/page45.html|archive-date=2016-06-10|url-status=dead}} It is a Catholic church in Sainte-Marie, a town in Martinique,{{Cite web|url=http://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/regions/nord-atlantique/les-fideles-ont-retrouve-leur-eglise-13-08-2009-41391.php|title=Les fidèles ont retrouvé leur église - Abonnement|website=www.martinique.franceantilles.fr|access-date=2016-06-02}} a dependency of France{{Cite web|url=http://martinique.catholique.fr/_sainteM_?lang=fr|title=Sainte Marie - Eglise catholique de Martinique|website=martinique.catholique.fr|access-date=2016-06-02}} in the Lesser Antilles.

The church is located in the French department of Martinique, in the town of Sainte-Marie in la rue du Cimetière (Cemetery Street).

The Fort of Sainte-Marie was erected in honor of the Virgin Mary and gives its name to the parish of Sainte-Marie in 1658. On January 8, 1663, the Superior Council of the island ordered the formal establishment of the parishes of Sainte-Marie, the Grande Anse and Marigot administered by the Dominicans.

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