The Basilica of the Sacred Heart,
Notre Dame, IN
March 2004
Sacred
Heart is the heart of that most Catholic institution, the University
of Notre Dame. The cornerstone was laid on the Feast of the Assumption,
15 August 1847. Modelled on Giacomo Barrozi da Vignola's Chiesa
del Gesu in Rome, the church is a combination of Victorian Gothic
Revival architecture and decoration, 19th century religious symbolism
and a medieval love for relics (which seems out of place in the American
heartland) and tradition.
Sacred
Heart Official Web site
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