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.

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