Sacré-Cœur

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The Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre basilica, known as the National Vœu, located at the top of the Montmartre hill, in the district of Clignancourt in the 18th arrondissement of Paris (France), is a major Parisian religious building, "sanctuary of Eucharistic adoration and divine mercy" and property of the commune of Paris. The construction of this church, a political and cultural monument, followed the post-war period of 1870. It was declared of public utility by a law passed on 24 July 1873 by the National Assembly of 1871; the building was officially completed in 1923.

The desire to build this basilica is part of the context of the sacral recharging and its construction took place as part of the establishment of what was later presented as a "moral order". Its location at 130 meters above sea level near one of the highest points in Paris, and its dome, which rises to 83 meters, make it visible from far away. With nearly eleven million pilgrims and visitors a year, it is the second most visited Parisian religious monument after Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.