Outside of Sacré-Coeur Basilica
The main altar area inside the Sacré-Coeur Basilica
Giant mosaic of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Small altar made by old stones
one of 14 stations of the Cross
The mosaic painting of the King Jesus
Miniature Sacré-Coeur Basilica
Miniature people in the church replica
The stone arch on the main entrance of the Basilica
Full of couples' locks on the fence bordering the hill summit
I visited this beautiful Catholic Roman Church last autumn during my Paris trip. It is located on the top of Montmartre Hill. From this summit, we could see the whole scenic view of Paris. Thus, I highly recommended a short visit to this place if you visit Paris in near future.
The whole view of central Paris from Montmartre summit
The official name of this church is "Sacré-Cœur" and it is very easy to be reached by walking on foot or taking a tram up hill. During my visit, the church was in renovation outside but it did not affect any entrance. The French started to build this iconic Basilica in 1875 and finished in 1914. Its architecture style is Romano-Byzantine with amazing apse mosaic artworks and stained glass windows. Many small statues of Saints and minor altars (made by stone) were placed on the sideway around the main altar inside the Church. For more information, you can visit their official website: https://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/english/
After 20 mins praying in the main altar area, we walked around to admire statues and small alters of Saints, the replica painting on linen of "Our Lady of Guadalupe", the replica of "Holy Thorn" (from the passion of Jesus Christ). However, the miniature replica of Sacré-Cœur caught our eyes mostly. As Alex and I are big fans of miniature art, that kept us to admire each details of this basilica miniature more than 10 mins.
Another minor altar in the sideway inside the Church
Miniature cars and people in the Basilica replica
There were many machines which carve souvenir coins for tourist and accept card payment. We bought one for each of us and they are really nice!
Souvenir coins from Sacré-Coeur Basilica
Outside of the church is the long fence bordering the Montmartre summit with a lot of locks hang by couples. We laughed really loudly when three or four vendors asked us to buy their locks to "secure our eternal love" on the fence. :))))
A few locks at the end of the fence outside the Church
The visit was 1.5 hours included praying time.
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