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Mime. Place Georges-Pompidou. Paris 2010 |
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Centre Pompidou. Takis - Signal (exhibition) -In the background The Basilique du Sacré-Coeur- |
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Basilique du Sacré-Coeur |
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The Basilica
of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica, is
a Roman Catholic church and minor
basilica, 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 supposed excesses of the Second
Empire and socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most
rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order.
The
Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie.
Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after
the end of World War I in 1919. [Wiki]
May 29, 2012 is
International
Jazz Day
When Louis Armstrong
was asked what the definition of jazz was, he famously replied, "If you've
got to ask, you'll never know."
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