9 March 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart (
French: Basilique Nationale du Sacré-Cœur,
Dutch: Nationale Basiliek van het Heilig-Hart) is a
Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and
parish church in
Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to the
Sacred Heart, inspired by the
Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Symbolically,
King Leopold II laid the first stone in 1905 during the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of
Belgian Independence. The construction was halted by the two
World Wars and finished only in 1970. Belonging to the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels, it is one of the
largest churches by area in the world.
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