Sacré Coeur - Paris, France
Posted by: manchanegra
N 48° 53.172 E 002° 20.586
31U E 451843 N 5415013
The Basilica Sacré-Coeur of Paris, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France.
Waymark Code: WMCXMW
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 10/23/2011
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The Basilica Sacré-Coeur of Paris, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre. Contrary to what´s writen on Wikipedia, Montmartre is not the highest point in the city (The highest point in the City of Paris is located on the hill of Bellville, on Rue du Telegraphe, where the elevation is 148 meters, while Sacre Coeur reaches 130 meters).
Sacré-Coeur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the supposed excesses of the Second Empire and socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie ( after winning a competition over 77 other architects). Construction began in 1875 in a free interpretation of Romano-Byzantine.
Abadie died not long after the foundation had been laid, in 1884, and five architects continued with the work: Honoré Daumet (1884–1886), Jean-Charles Laisné (1886–1891), Henri-Pierre-Marie Rauline (1891–1904), Lucien Magne (1904–1916), and Jean-Louis Hulot (1916–1924).
The Basilica was not completed until 1914, when war intervened; the basilica was formally dedicated in 1919, after World War I, when its national symbolism had shifted.
Construction costs, estimated at 7 million French francs and drawn entirely from private donations.
Text from Wikipedia and paris-walking-tours.com
Name of Source Book: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die September 2003 edition.
Page Location in Source Book: 115
Type of Waymark: Site
Location of Coordinates: Front of the Basilica
Cost of Admission (Parks, Museums, etc.): 0.00 (listed in local currency)
List Available Hours, Dates, Season: open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily
Official Tourism Website: [Web Link]
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