The Sacre Heart Church of Lille !!

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Again, for the story, It took me a while , worse when you have family about an hour from the city. But often said, living and visiting are two different things . When in the area stay with family and this time again,however, did it in reverse order, when to see Lille and its sights, (stay tune for posts), and then went to see family. Therefore, let me tell you about the Church Sacre Coeur of Lille !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The neo-Gothic is the Church of the Sacré-Cœur de Jésus  57 Rue Solférino built between 1875-1898, This more completed church is built on a corner of the intersection of rue Nationale and rue Solférino, the high spire serving as a landmark on two of the main axes of the new districts of the city of the time. This was very close to our apartment and we passed by it several times in our stayed, yet very little information on the City or tourist office on it, sadly,The Sacred Heart Church is today part of the new Notre-Dame-de-Pentecôte parish,

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The Sacré-Cœur Church is located at the crossroads of rue Nationale and rue Solférino, in the Lille-Centre district. Built during the last decades of the 19C, it contains a set of eleven stained glass windows. The church was built following a vow made by the Ladies of the association of the Children of Mary of the Sacré-Cœur in the Chapel of the Ladies of the Sacré-Cœur, rue Royale on October 7, 1870 to preserve Lille from the Prussian invasion.(similar to the one in Paris), A night time picture of its wonderful belltower!!

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Indeed, this is a majestic church, built in neo-Gothic style, it is one of the largest churches in the city: 90 meters long, 24 meters wide and 22 meters high under the main vault. The Sacred Heart Church was erected between 1875 and 1878, then between 1895 and 1898. The apsidal chapels were added during the second half of the 1880s. When the church was consecrated on June 20, 1902, the bell tower was not still completed. The bell tower, 75 meters high, was only completed in 1928. The bell tower houses a carillon of several bells which has been silent for several years.

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It adopted a basilica plan, with an ambulatory which goes around the choir. The transept is lit by three rows of openings: a rose window under the vault, five small windows, then two larger ones where the four evangelists are represented. In the apse chapel known as the Chapel of Vows, offered by the Brame-Wallaert family and inaugurated in June 1890, you can admire a set of eleven stained glass windows representing different scenes from the Old and New Testaments.  Two other apsidal chapels, to the right and left of the Chapel of Vows are dedicated respectively to Saint Joseph and the Virgin. The stained glass windows depict scenes from the life of Saint Joseph and the 15 mysteries of the rosary. You have the right side chapels: Chapel of Marguerite-Marie Alacoque and Chapel of Saint Roch and the Holy Face . And left side chapels: Chapel of Notre-Dame de Lourdes and Chapel of the baptismal font or Baptistery The baptistery is located to the left of the narthex. There is the circular porphyry baptismal font; its lid, made of ornate brass, is octagonal to recall the Resurrection of Christ on the eighth day. Its stained glass windows, dated 1899, are directly related to Baptism.

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The Sacre Heart Church has significant neo-Gothic furnishings, including stalls surrounding the choir, a set of different confessionals and a polished oak pulpit topped with a pinnacle-shaped canopy, a Carrara marble high altar, bronze and semi-precious stones, occupies the back of the choir. It was presented at the Universal Exhibition of 1900.  The large organs were inaugurated in 1883. The choir organ, in the English neo-Gothic style,is from the end of the 19C,

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The parish site for Notre Dame de Pentecôte:https://paroissendpentecote-lille.fr/infos-pratiques/permanences/

There you go folks, a dandy city of the Nord that is North of France. I was finally back to Lille and it was great with many family memories flashing but glad I did it now. Again, hope you enjoy the post on Church Sacre Coeur of Lille as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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