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Sacre Coeur

Sacre Coeur. The history of the Sacre Coeur. They started building it in 1875 but it wasn't opened until 1914. It is 272' (83 m) tall It was located Paris, France. Viedo of the sacre Coeur. Here's a short video of the S acre Coeur. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5brvrsgs4jo.

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Sacre Coeur

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  1. Sacre Coeur

  2. The history of the Sacre Coeur • They started building it in 1875 but it wasn't opened until 1914. • It is 272' (83 m) tall • It was located Paris, France

  3. Viedo of the sacre Coeur Here's a short video of the Sacre Coeur. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5brvrsgs4jo

  4. Why??? Though today the Basilica is asserted to be dedicated in honor of the 58,000 who lost their lives during the war, the decree of the Assemblée national, 24 July 1873, responding to a request by the arch bishop of Paris by voting its construction, specifies that it is to "expiate the crimes of the Commune Montmartre had been the site of the Commune's first insurrection, and many dedicated communards were forever entombed in the subterranean galleries of former gypsum mines where they had retreated, by explosives detonated at the Army of Versailles.

  5. The history of the buliding The matter reached the Chamber of Deputies in the summer of 1882, in which the Basilica was defended by Archbishop Guibert while Georges Clemenceau argued that it sought to stigmatise the Revolution. The law was rescinded, but the Basilica was saved by a technicality and the bill was not reintroduced in the next session. A further attempt to halt the construction was defeated in 1897, by which time the interior was substantially complete and had been open for services for six years.

  6. today Today the Sacre Coeur is used as a roman Catholic church. Still to this day they use it for worshiping and praising god.

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