Sacré-Coeur

Parvis du Sacré-Coeur (18)
Underground: Abbesses-Butte Montmartre, Anvers-Sacré-Coeur
Tel: (0) 1 53 41 89 00

Basilica 6am-11pm. Crypt and dome 9am-6pm.

In a city filled to the brim with important art treasures a church in Neo-Norman-Byzantine cream cake style will probably never be taken seriously. This House of God was erected as a kind of symbol of reconciliation after the defeat against the Prussians in 1871.

 

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