Sacre+Coeur

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 * ==== The construction of this building began in 1875 and it was finished in 1914. It was consacrated after the end of the World War I in 1919. The groundbreaking also began in 1875. Construction costs estimated at 7 million French francs and entirely from private donations, were expended before any above-ground visible structure was to be seen. ====
 * ==== Is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. ====
 * ==== Sacre Coeur is a double monument, political, and cultural, both in national penance for the supposed excesses of the Second Empire and of the socialist Paris Commune of 1871. ====
 * ==== Many design elements of the Basilica symbolize nationalist themes: The Portico, with its three arches, is adorned by two equestrian statues of French national saints Joan of Arc and King Saint Louis IX, both executed in bronze by Hippolyte Lefebvre and the nineteen - Savoyarde bell ( one of the World's heaviest). ====
 * ==== The overall style of the structure shows a free interpretation of Roman Byzantine features. ====
 * ==== Is located in Paris, France at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point of the city. ====
 * ==== Was designed by Paul Abadie. He designed it after winning a competition over 77 architects. When Abadie died, not long after the foundation had been laid in 1884, five architects continued with the work, some of them were: Honore Daumet (1884-1886), Jean- Charles Laisne (1886-1891), Henri-Pierre-Marie Rauline (1916-1924). ====
 * ==== When Abadie died in 1884, he was suceeded by Lucien Magne, who added an 83 meter (272 ft) tall clock tower.The Savoyarde clock installed here is one of the World's largest. ====
 * ==== www.wikipedia.org/sacre-coeur ====
 * ==== www.sacre-coeurmontmartre.com ====
 * ==== www.parischurches.com/sacrecoeur ====

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