T he crowning achievement in one of Paris' most interesting and on-again-off-again fashionable districts, the Sacred Heart Basilica is loved by the people on Montmarte perhaps more than the Cathedral of Notre Dame below. It was conceived as a symbol of thanksgiving at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. People from all over the country donated what they could to have it built, but it wasn't enough, and the government took over funding a few years into the project. Though it was completed in 1914, it wasn't until after the first World War in 1919 that the church was actually consecrated. Its architect died when the building was nothing more than a foundation.
L'Arc de Triomphe - Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Etoile, Etoile de Chaillot) at Champs Élysées Boulevard and Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris
Mal Walker
Sunday, March 13th, 2005 @ 1:18am
Rating: Four stars. One of my favourite Parisian structures, has an aura of it's own rising above Monmartre. Beautiful.
Nate McKinney
Wednesday, May 26th, 2004 @ 1:00pm
Rating: Four stars. Even more impressive in person than in the movie Amelie.
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Mal Walker
Four stars.
Nate McKinney