Montmartre Walking Tour Sacrée Coeur Paris

The Sacré-Cœur Basilica is instantly recognizable by its gleaming white travertine stone and the large central dome that crowns the hill of Montmartre. This Romano-Byzantine structure sits at one of the highest points in Paris, making its silhouette visible from across the city. It was built following the Franco-Prussian War of eighteen seventy, a period of deep national trauma and social unrest.