Montmartre and Basilica of the Sacré Cœur Photo Gallery by Brent Doxtater at pbase.com

Montmartre and Basilica of the Sacré Cœur

By Parisian standards the Sacré-Cœur is a relatively new church at only around 100 years old. Perched atop 'butte Montmartre' (highest point in Paris) this church attracts throngs of tourists who are lured by the church's iconic architecture, sweeping views of the city and lovely Montmartre neighborhood.

I wonder how many of the 10 million people (no joke) who visitor Sacré-Cœur each year are aware that the church is a monument to the darkest days in Paris's long history. As many as 25,000 Parisians were massacred by there own countrymen as a result of the 1871 Paris Commune that arose from the ashes of France's defeat to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War...

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Sacré-Cœur	Sacré-Cœur	montmartre streets	Montmartre View	Sacré-Cœur	Saint Denis 1st Bishop or Paris (beheaded c. 250)
Medieval Alley	Parisian café	moulin rouge	making vin chaud	montmartre streets	7th century Roman Columns in Saint-Pierre Church (c. 1147)
fascinating Saint-Pierre de Montmartre	moulin de la galette c. 1622	montmartre streets	Sacré-Cœur	contraband pic from inside Sacré Cœur	Sacré-Cœur
montmartre park	Sacré-Cœur	montmartre streets	montmartre hills	Montmartre View	moulin de la galette c. 1622

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