# Estrela Basilica

Lisbon, Portugal

A gleaming white late-Baroque basilica whose great dome rises over western Lisbon, built between 1779 and 1790 to fulfil a vow by Queen Maria I. It was the first church in the world dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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Coordinates: 38.71316, -9.16056

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