The Basilica of Sacré Coeur de Montmartre (Sacred Heart of Montmartre). Commonly known as simply Sacré-Cœur, a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Sacré-Cœur Basilica is located at the summit of the butte of Montmartre. From its dome two hundred meters above the Seine, the basilica overlooks the entire city of Paris and its suburbs. It is the second most popular tourist destination in the capital after the Eiffel Tower.
The basilica was first proposed in 1870 after the defeat of France and the capture of Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan in the Franco-Prussian War. He attributed the defeat of France to the moral decline of the country since the French Revolution, and proposed a new Parisian church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The basilica was designed with a Neo-Byzantine-Romanesque plan. Construction began in 1875 and continued for forty years under five different architects. Completed in 1914, the basilica was formally consecrated in 1919 after World War I. The site is traditionally associated with the martyrdom of Saint Denis, the patron saint of Paris.
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