What is Sacré Coeur famous for?

It is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point of the city. The Sacred Heart is both a political and cultural monument, national penance for the supposed excesses of the Commune de Paris of 1871, and also representation of the conservative moral order.



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The answer may surprise you: it has been built with Château Landon stone. Alright, it doesn't ring a bell. But you should know that when it rains, this very special stone whitens and secretes green cullet. This is how, thanks to this “self-cleaning” stone that the Basilica of the Sacred Heart remains always this white!

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Sacré-Coeur, also called big meringue by its detractors after its construction, owes its nickname to the whiteness of its stone (Chateau-Landon limestone) whose characteristic is to produce a white substance when in contact with the rain.

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While there is no specific dress code to enter the Sacré-Coeur, visitors are asked to wear “decent clothing”, which usually means that shoulders need to be covered, hats must be removed, and that the hem of shorts, dresses, and skirts should land below the knees.

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