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Montmartre et La Sacré-Cœur
by Antoine Bennett
L’information de base
• Montmartre has been inhabited since Jesus times
• Pagan place of worship to the god Mars (god of war)
• Became Christian place of worship after St. Denis was martyred there
L’information de base
• La Sacré-Cœur was built in 1876 after the war between France & Prussia
• Designed by Paul Abadie• Byzantine-Romanesque style• 272 ft. tall• Taller than Eiffel Tower at its
highest point
Saint Denis
Inside La Sacré-Cœur
View of Paris from Montmartre
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