 The composer Charles Desmazures was organist at the old cathedral.The present cathedral, the "Nouvelle Major", was built on an enormous scale in Byzantine-Roman Revival style from 1852 to 1896 on the site used for the cathedrals of Marseille since the fifth century, principally by the architects Léon Vaudoyer and Henri-Jacques Espérandieu (1829-1874).It is 142 meters (469 ft) long, and the main cupola is 70 meters (231 ft) high.