vicinity--as the counterpart of the Sacre Coeur Basilica in Montmartre. The Cardinal launched a subscription campaign, but the breakout of the war in 1939 followed by his own death in 1940, cut this project
submitted to a competition. M. Bonassieux's model was adopted. Work began immediately, and a national subscription campaign was launched. The 300,000 children raised by the Brothers pledged to provide the base;
Puy. In 1853, a competition was launched in which 53 artists participated. At the same time, a subscription was launched throughout France. The 300,000 Brothers of the Christian Schools raised the sum necessary
erected on a hill near Paris as a counterpart to the Sacred Heart (Sacré-Coeur) of Montmartre." A subscription was immediately launched, but then stopped by the war in 1939, and eventually forgotten after