The
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as
Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply
Sacré-Cœur (, pronounced ), is a
Roman Catholic church and
minor basilica, dedicated to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, in
Paris,
France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the
butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1871
Franco-Prussian War and the socialist
Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.