# Sacré-Cœur Basilica

Paris, France

A gleaming white Romano-Byzantine basilica crowning the Montmartre hilltop, built between 1875 and 1914 as a national vow after the Franco-Prussian War. Its travertine stone whitens with every rainfall, and its dome surveys all of Paris.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: 48.88665, 2.34295

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