My friends and me at Sacre Coeur. It's a beautiful cathedral at the top of Montmartre, but it was a very controversial monument from the start. Apparently two men proposed its building in the late 1800s and created it as a symbol of repentance, strategically placing it at the highest elevation point in Paris so ALL of Paris will be reminded of their need to repent for their sins in destroying the monarchy and creating mayhem with their desire for a more democratic Paris (you can pretty much see the Sacre Coeur from everywhere in Paris!). It was bombed during World War II but its foundations are so deep and the material from which it is made is so strong that it remained standing. Very interesting!
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