The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city.
The site of the 19th-century basilica is traditionally associated with the beheading of the city's patron, Saint Denis, in the 3rd century.
After France's 1870 defeat by the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War and its aftermath, the Commune of 1871, the basilica was planned as a guilt offering and a vote of confidence to cure France's misfortunes.
The foundation stone of the Basilique Sacré-Coeur was laid in 1875. It was consecrated in 1891, fully completed in 1914, and elevated to the status of a basilica in 1919, after the end of the First World War.
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| At the entrance of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica |
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