Le basilique du Sacré-Cœur, seen from the Centre Pompidou in 2011.
The church was built between 1875 and 1923 on the hill, the highest point in Paris, where there had previously been numerous windmills used to grind grain, corn, plaster, and stone. The well-known Moulin-Rouge (red windmill) cabaret, just down the hill in Pigalle, harkens back to those days.
Ah, the memories come back like a song!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! You were 3.5 km away?! That is not a not-so-good photo. That is an amazing photo.
ReplyDeleteWhat Judy said, plus I'd love to be sitting on those steps on a summer night....
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