Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux

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The Basilica Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux is located in Lisieux, Normandy. She was raised in honor of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus shortly after her canonization. An imposing neo-Byzantine building inspired by the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre, its construction, on a height on the edge of the city, began in 1929 and its consecration took place in 1954.

Today, the building welcomes more than 600,000 visitors per year. Labeled "Twentieth Century Heritage", it was listed as historic monuments on September 14, 2010, and was classified on September 7, 2011.