National Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Koekelberg (Brussels, Belgium)
The National Basilica of Sacred Heart (or Koekelberg Basilica) ranks fifth among the world's largest churches, after the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Paix in Yamoussokro on the Ivory Coast, St Peter's in Rome, St Paul's in London and Santa Maria Dei Fiori in Florence. It is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and a parish church. The church was dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Symbolically King Leopold II laid the first stone of the basilica in 1905 during the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Belgian independence. The construction was halted by the two World Wars and wasn't finished until 1969.
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Location: Koekelberg, Brussels, Belgium
Photo credit: © Bernal Revert / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: basilica, basilique, belgium, brussels, bruxelles, heart, koekelberg, sacred
