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Sacre-Coeur
At the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War 1870, two Catholic businessmen made a private religious vow. It was to build a church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ should France be spared the impending Prussian onslaught.
The two men, Alexandre Legintil and hubert Rohault de Fleury, lived to see Paris saved from invasion despite the war and lenghty siege, and the start of what is the Sacre-Coeur basilica
Work began 1875
The basilica was completed in 1914, but the German invasion forestalled its consecration until 1919
Sacre-Coeur
At the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War 1870, two Catholic businessmen made a private religious vow. It was to build a church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ should France be spared the impending Prussian onslaught.
The two men, Alexandre Legintil and hubert Rohault de Fleury, lived to see Paris saved from invasion despite the war and lenghty siege, and the start of what is the Sacre-Coeur basilica
Work began 1875
The basilica was completed in 1914, but the German invasion forestalled its consecration until 1919