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"Built with the blood of the Communards": the ecologists oppose the classification of the Sacré-Cœur

2021-01-20T21:52:50.887Z


The basilica listed as historical monuments? The left does not agree, out of respect for the Parisian rebels of 1871. An opinion


It is a “big cream cake” so contested at the top of the Butte Montmartre, in Paris (18th century).

A "fat" building, "which looks like a cabbage", say the bad tongues.

Despite everything, Parisians love it and tourists flock: 12 million of them, each year, go to admire the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

Built between 1874 and 1923, the monument, culminating at an altitude of 130 m with its dome rising to 83 m, is a must in Parisian life, perched on the roof of the capital.

"We should at least have the modesty to postpone"

So the Sacred Heart had to be classified in the inventory of historical monuments.

Except that… this Wednesday evening, at the municipal council of the 18th arrondissement, a prelude to that of Paris, the left forces (socialists, communists and ecologists) joined forces by voting a wish presented by EELV.

“This classification would correspond exactly with the 150th anniversary of the Commune.

We demand at least a postponement of this decision in the name of the values ​​that we defend and which are topical, especially the cause of women, supports Emile Meunier, elected green of the eighteenth.

The Commune had a real democratic project ahead of its time.

And this church was built with the blood of the Communards.

We should at least have the modesty to postpone that.

Otherwise it would be a very bad signal.

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“This hatred is not ours!

"According to an elected LREM

The idea of ​​the left is far from unanimous.

Justine Henry, elected LREM in the 18th century, confirms this.

She also intended to intervene in the borough council, whereas the question of the Sacred Heart was to arrive late in the debates: "This monument is a majestic architectural work of our district, the second most visited monument in France, which contributes to its attractiveness. global.

A religious building which, thanks to its classification, will benefit from up to 40% of state subsidies for its conservation and renovation works.

At a time when we wanted to include the Butte Montmartre in the intangible heritage of Unesco, it is good to think about all this ... This hatred of the Sacred Heart is not ours!

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"A political and architectural ambiguity"

A century after the end of its construction, which had become a sanctuary and a place of pilgrimage, the basilica of Montmartre was to join the circle of 1950 Parisian historical monuments.

“All of this can be explained by a political and architectural ambiguity,” emphasizes Antoine-Marie Préaut, head of the regional conservation service for historic monuments in Ile-de-France.

For a long time, this building was at the heart of a conflict between the Communards and the monarchists.

We now know that the idea of ​​its construction had been launched even before the Commune.

On this point, it is therefore settled.

Finally, this flagship of late nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture, neobyzantine, rococo and somewhat outdated, also raised questions.

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What should the sling of the forces of the left give?

Maybe not the cancellation of the Sacré-Cœur classification, then.

But at least a postponement.

We will have to wait for the Paris Council to find out.

Source: leparis

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