Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebières
Albert, France
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The Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebières in Albert, France, is a Byzantine Revival minor basilica designed by architect Edmond Duthoit and begun in 1895. The structure was utterly destroyed during World War I shelling but was meticulously rebuilt from 1927 to 1931 by Duthoit's son, Louis Duthoit. The basilica's most distinctive feature is the Golden Virgin sculpture by Albert Roze, which crowns the dome and captured public imagination during the war; soldiers circulated supernatural legends that a German shell striking the prominent Marian statue would end the conflict. Pope Leo XIII granted a decree of canonical coronation to the venerated image in 1901. The building has been classified as a historical monument and was selected in 2018 by the mission to identify immovable heritage in danger.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- minor basilica
- Heritage
- monument selected by the mission to identify immovable heritage in danger (2018), classified historical monument
- Place
- Albert, France
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