The Sacre-Coeur is a magnificentchurch in the Montmartre region of Paris, France. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 two Parisien Catholic businessmen, Alexandre Legentil and Rohault de Fleury, vowed to build a church dedicated to the SacredHeart of Christ should Paris be spared the impending onslaught. The two men lived and Paris was saved, despite a lengthy siege, so they commenced work to build the Sacre-Coeur basilica in 1875. The design was drawn up by Paul Abadie and the project taken on by Archbishop Guibert of Paris, and the church finished in 1914 but not consecrated until 1919 due to the German invasion during the Great War. The bell tower of the Sacre-Coeur is 83 meters tall and contains one of the world's heaviest bells, weighing 18.5 tonnes. Research Sacre-Coeur
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